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To: Smiling Bob who wrote (215678)	8/14/2009 11:12:28 AM
From: Giordano Bruno	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

Wilting green shoots... "Consumers reported much less favorable assessments of their personal finances even as they were more likely to expect improved conditions in the national economy," the Reuters/University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers said in a statement. The fewest consumers in the survey's sixty-year history reported improved finances, with many citing job losses, shorter working hours and smaller wage gains, said the survey.