Analysts highlighted in a recent Wall Street Journal report note that improving confidence on the part of the consumer has helped boost revenue growth expectations for the credit card industry.

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What the Journal failed to note was what happened after that 100% climb in 1936.

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But Kevin Krewell, the editor of Microprocessor Report, an industry journal, sounds a note of caution.

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In a response, the authors of the original APPROVe paper say that the additional data were not available until April 28 of this year, and note the correction that appears elsewhere in the Journal.

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However, as Anna Wilde Mathew and Jon Kamp note in a recent article for the Wall Street Journal, it appears as though exchange-based plans will be cheaper than commercial plans.

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Citing a study published in the Spanish Journal of Psychology, Frankel and Frohlinger note that women are more likely to feel guilty because they are socialized to be considerate of the needs and feelings of others.

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On the positive side, we note signs of stabilization in some markets (see the May 9 Wall Street Journal story "Where Home Prices Are Hot Now").

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If only "Light Years" didn't read like a geeky mash note written to impress the editors of October magazine, the famously cerebral art journal that began publication in 1976 (not coincidentally the approximate cut-off date for the artists included).

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Interesting note in a blog post from Julia White of Microsoft, highlighting a Wall Street Journal article regarding Cisco pulling the plug on their Cisco Mail offering.

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