To: Peter V who wrote (116074 ) 4/10/2008 10:55:26 AM From: Smiling Bob Respond to of 306849 Bloomberg said the move up is because WM sales beat.What about every other retailer not beating? This is more evidence that people are strapped and certainly not reason to rally They're really grasping at straws now in justifying these phenomena. How about probing as to how US mkts no longer fall? Asia/Pacific Symbol Company Country Last Date Time Chg % Chg AU:XAO ALL ORDINARIES Australia 5,515.50 4/10/2008 5:00 PM -68.00 -1.22% XX:1801730 SHANGHAI INDEX China 3,581.82 4/9/2008 -208.88 -5.51% HK:1804580 HANG SENG INDEX Hong Kong 24,187.10 4/10/2008 5:59 PM +202.53 +0.84% XX:1803532 BSE SENSEX India 15,790.51 4/9/2008 +202.89 +1.30% XX:1803554 JSX INDEX Indonesia 2,180.09 4/9/2008 -69.68 -3.10% XX:1804610 NIKKEI 225 INDEX Japan 12,945.30 4/10/2008 4:30 PM -166.59 -1.27% XX:1807307 KLSE COMPOSITE Malaysia 1,227.74 4/9/2008 +2.03 +0.17% XX:1810220 KSE 100 INDX Pakistan 15,404.17 4/9/2008 -69.90 -0.45% XX:1810275 PHS COMPOSITE Phillippines 2,961.78 4/9/2008 -19.34 -0.65% DJ_SGDOW DJ SINGAPORE STOCK IDX Singapore 248.11 4/10/2008 6:44 AM -1.86 -1.18% XX:1807211 KOSPI South Korea 1,754.71 4/8/2008 -18.85 -1.06% XX:1803305 CSE ALL-SHARE Sri Lanka 2,606.97 4/9/2008 -10.77 -0.41% XX:1805301 TAIWAN WEIGHTED Taiwan 8,667.93 4/9/2008 -4.92 -0.06% XX:1805323 THAILAND SET Thailand 826.19 4/9/2008 -0.66 -0.08% Europe Symbol Company Country Last Date Time Chg % Chg XX:1889316 ATX-INDEX VIENNA Austria 3,950.06 4/9/2008 -12.13 -0.31% XX:1889286 BEL20 INDEX Belgium 3,815.02 4/10/2008 4:41 PM -23.47 -0.61% XX:1884601 PRAGUE STOCK EXCHANGE INDEX (PX) Czech Republic 1,583.30 4/9/2008 +4.90 +0.31% DJ_DKDOW DJ DENMARK STOCK IDX Denmark 479.70 4/10/2008 10:52 AM -1.91 -0.69% DJ_FIDOW DJ FINLAND STOCK IDX Finland 1,386.38 4/10/2008 10:55 AM -15.18 -1.77% FR:1804546 CAC 40 INDEX France 4,812.06 4/10/2008 4:41 PM -62.91 -1.29% DE:1876534 XETRA DAX INDEX Germany 6,640.95 4/10/2008 4:41 PM -80.41 -1.20% DJ_GRDOW DJ GREECE STOCK IDX Greece 358.77 4/10/2008 10:39 AM -6.70 -2.78% XX:1814200 AEX-INDEX Netherlands 709.66 4/9/2008 -3.86 -0.54% XX:1866580 OSE BENCH IND_GI Norway 431.58 4/9/2008 +0.52 +0.12% DJ_PTDOW DJ PORTUGAL STOCK IDX Portugal 287.48 4/10/2008 10:53 AM -1.01 -0.48% XX:1807891 MOS TIMES INDEX Russia 22,549.44 4/9/2008 +439.49 +1.99% XX:1803037 SAX INDEX Slovakia 460.44 4/8/2008 +1.18 +0.26% XX:1804706 MADRID GEN INDEX Spain 1,467.68 4/9/2008 -17.11 -1.15% DJ_CHDOW DJ SWISS STOCK IDX Switzerland 435.13 4/10/2008 10:52 AM -6.57 -2.02% XX:1864443 ISE NATIONAL-100 Turkey 42,900.49 4/9/2008 +730.31 +1.73% UK:FTSE100 FTSE 100 INDEX United Kingdom 5,920.20 4/10/2008 3:41 PM -63.70 -1.06%