The company's out-front ingenuity offers us a lens through which to measure the attempts of other PC makers and mobile technology companies to offer products to meet the apparentdemand that was not likely limited to the holiday season.
Now, campaigning on a demand for expulsion of members involved in an apparent cover-up, she was found in a Reuters survey to be running neck and neck with her Republican opponent in what had been considered a Republican stronghold.
For the most part, though, Asia's export-driven markets suffered as the outlook for consumer demand in the U.S. and Europe worsened, and as it became apparent that the Chinese growth engine wouldn't be able to pick up the slack.