consumer_confidence_indexes_were_working_for_kerry 26 Oct 2004 Consumer Confidence at 7-Month Low in Oct 2 hours, 57 minutes ago 041026 ... U.S. NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. consumers turned gloomier in October, beset by soaring energy costs, relentless violence in Iraq, sluggish hiring and an increasingly bitter presidential campaign. 041026 ... . http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/041026/480/nyet25110261547 041026 ... mp21k The Conference Board's gauge of consumer confidence fell to 92.8 in October, the lowest in seven months, from 96.7 in September, the consumer expectations component ("Future_Conditions_Index"), which tumbled to 92.0 from 97.7. The current conditions index slipped to 94.2 from 95.3. * The_Test_of_Will - Americans * 041026 ... U.S. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/041021/480/nyet25010211444 For the fourth month in a row, the Index of Leading Economic Indicators edged lower in September... 041026 ... 28 Oct 2004 iLink:- Unemployment_claims_'were_working'_for_Kerry 041028 what's it to you? who go blather from