The news of those new job cuts and closures set the tone for the Challenger Gray Job Cuts Report for October, which showed a 41% increase in announced job cuts compared to September.
Outside, the rain continued to hammer away at our dismal little world, and the sky had shucked the last of its evening gray to take on an intense purplish tone that was ominous, close-in, Biblical.
However, it was also intriguing to note her tone - which was to the effect that Mr Gray was "talking Scotland down" and underplaying Scotland's potential.