Hi Duke, Barry and Thread, (from 173878) RE: "Chip sales chill in February ...Sales in the American market, year-over-year, were off 4.5 percent, reflecting the continued outsourcing of the production of electronic equipment and components to Asia; but year-over-year sales in February rose 17 percent in Europe, 35 percent in Japan and 26 percent in the Asia-Pacific market. "
I read the Asian flu will take out not only lives but the economy. In HK they are expecting a slow-down due to the flu (greater than slowdown resulting from the Iraq war). So much for Intel's Centrino launch - I hope they've postponed it.
Very scary about the apt complex. I think we are way under-estimating this illness. We shouldn't wait until it blows out of proportion. Even in the USA, the cases have doubled, yet, no real news on it. I should ask my former roommate for her perspective who is a medical microbiologist professor at a research univ with connections to CDC. Her advice on anthrax was dead-on - not a big deal, just keep your mail at your company away from cubes and wash hands. But this is way more serious than Anthrax. We are really not giving it the proper attention and care. 26,000 people fly from the highly infected countries to the USA every day. What are we doing here to prevent that from spreading here?
Regards,
Amy J |
