Consumers like Persson are making up a rare boomlet in the otherwise stagnant PC business.

FORBES: Tangerine Flake Streamline Baby

There are, of course, no guarantees that this Halloween boomlet will continue and no assurances that the worst is over.

FORBES: Have Stocks Discounted Obama, Pelosi and Reid?

Against all expectations--and possibly common sense--the DeLorean is back in limited production, and with it has come a boomlet in DeLoreaniana.

FORBES: The return of the DeLorean

One collector estimates the value of a Kiger mustang has dropped by two-thirds since 2000, in part because of a ranch-bred Kiger boomlet.

FORBES: Wild Horse Trading

The high oil price and the boomlet that followed last year's devaluation of the rouble mean that the government is running a budget surplus.

ECONOMIST: Russia��s merciless war

The baby boomlet or baby boom echo group born between 1988 and 1995 have flooded colleges with demand for a limited number of spots.

FORBES: College Costs Out Of Control

France's short-lived boomlet owed something to its finance minister, Nicolas Sarkozy.

ECONOMIST: Brutal, in every sense | The

With the debut of new academic papers and symposia on boredom in the workplace and cross-cultural experiences of inactivity and boredom, there is a boomlet in boredom studies.

WSJ: Interesting Fact: There's a Yawning Need for Boring Professors

In October, a month before he stepped down, Adobe's well-loved and occasionally bombastic chief executive, Bruce Chizen, told forbes that the company may be benefiting from a boomlet of tiny Web startups.

FORBES: Ubiquitous Upside

This boomlet has made an impression on Texans.

ECONOMIST: T. Boone Pickens takes to the skies