David Wyss, chief economist at Standard and Poor's, said the timing puts the figure under question.

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It does shed light on why HP is suddenly adding not quite an iPod dock, but an iPod dock holder to its Pavilion line, although it seems like very strange timing considering Apple isn't selling docks standard with any of its iPod models anymore.

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The regime has proposed needed spending cuts, but its timing is awful -- there is not much political support for belt-tightening when people's standard of living is suffering.

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