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All three of the headlines below were released Thursday October 8th, 2009. This is good news for women business owners who focus on success as we go into the final stretch of 2009 and look to next year.

1) NEW YORK — The stock market resumed its rally after getting encouraging readings on two of the best gauges of the economy’s health: consumer spending and corporate profits.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 61 points Thursday after falling modestly the day before. The gains added to the market’s already steep climb for the week. Improving signals about the economy pushed the Dow up 244 points Monday and Tuesday, its best back-to-back advance since July.

Traders pounced on news that retailers last month had their first sales gains in more than a year. A closely watched gauge of sales at major retailers rose 0.1 percent for September. While still tepid, it was the first monthly rise in the International Council of Shopping Centers-Goldman Sachs tally since July 2008.

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2) WASHINGTON (AP) – The number of newly laid-off Americans filing first-time claims for jobless benefits fell to the lowest level since early January, as layoffs eased a bit amid a fledgling economic recovery.

The fourth drop in new claims in five weeks is a sign the labor market is slowly healing. But employers are reluctant to hire new workers and the unemployment rate is expected to keep climbing well into next year.

The Labor Department said Thursday that new claims for unemployment insurance dropped last week to a seasonally adjusted 521,000, better than analysts expected and down from 554,000 the previous week.

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3) NEW YORK (AP) – The nation’s stores saw their first sales gain in 14 months in September, a sign of life from shoppers that fuels some hope for the holiday shopping season.

A late Labor Day and delayed school openings helped boost back-to-school sales in September. And stores’ figures are looking better as they are compared last September when spending plummeted amid the ballooning financial meltdown.

But analysts dissecting the figures say they feel encouraged by Thursday’s reports even as they acknowledge that business still remains weak and consumers tight-fisted.

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Whenever I post this list – people think I’m a genius. Not so. I learned these questions from speaker, David Cooper. He says they should be delivered in a soft voice with a smile. Tailor made for women business owners to help you market and sell. I always give credit to Cooper – but some people forget in their enthusiasm. Do a good job presenting your product or service and questions like these can help you get to a happy “yes” more quickly. Consider this a little early Christmas gift.

By David Cooper

1. Can you get excited about……………..?
2. Do you see the value of………………..?
3. Do you see the benefit of…………….. ?
4. Can you see the merit in………………?
5. Wouldn’t it be terrific if………………?
6. Aren’t you glad that ………………….?
7. Aren’t you looking forward to………..?
8. Doesn’t it make sense to ……………..?
9. Don’t you agree ………………………?
10. Isn’t it going to be fun when………….?
11. Isn’t it about time that ………………..?
12. Doesn’t it give you confidence to know…….?
13. Wouldn’t it be worth while to find…………..?
14. Can you see the advantage of………………..?
15. Wouldn’t it be reassuring to…………………?
16. Don’t you feel that …………………………..?
17. Wouldn’t it be great to save money by………?
18. Aren’t you really excited that ……………….?
19. Won’t it be gratifying when…………………?
20. Isn’t it good to know…………………………?
21. Wouldn’t it be marvelous to …………………?
22. Haven’t you enjoyed…………………………?
23. Haven’t you benefited by……………………?
24. Wouldn’t you be happy to find………………?
25. Aren’t you happy to know…………………..?
26. Aren’t you anxious to know…………………?
27. Isn’t it fantastic to know…………………….?
28. Isn’t it wonderful to find…………………….?
29. Wouldn’t it be satisfying to know…………..?
30. Isn’t it worth considering that………………?
31. Wouldn’t you prefer………………………..?
32. Don’t you feel that it is best if……………..?
33. Don’t you feel knowing that……………….?
34. Can’t you see how this would………………?
35. Wouldn’t it be significant if……………….?
36. Wouldn’t you like to strive for…………….?
37. Wouldn’t a higher quality life be worth……?
38. Wouldn’t it be tremendous if………………?
39. Wouldn’t you agree………………………..?
40. Wouldn’t it be great………………………..?
41. Wouldn’t it open doors if………………….?
42. Isn’t it worth……………………………….?
43. Wouldn’t you benefit by…………………..?
44. Can you gain from…………….…………..?
45. What do you think about………………….?
46. Isn’t that exciting………………………….?
47. Wouldn’t you feel better if………………..?
48. If the results were…………………………?
49. Wouldn’t it change your mind if………….?
50. Wouldn’t you reach the top quicker by……?
51. Wouldn’t it help your career if……………?
52. Do you feel the power in………………….?
53. Isn’t it stimulating when………………….?
54. Don’t you know that………………………?
55. Wouldn’t a highlight be…………………..?
56. Couldn’t it light up your life………………?
57. Aren’t you delighted that…………………?
58. Doesn’t it thrill you to know………………?
59. Wouldn’t you be pleased if……………….?
60. Wouldn’t you take pride in……………….?
61. Wouldn’t it be motivating to……………..?
62. Wouldn’t you love to grow by……………?
63. Isn’t it inspiring to know…………………?
64. Wouldn’t it make a difference if…………?
65. Wouldn’t your success be guaranteed if….?
66. Wouldn’t you enjoy knowing…………….?
67. Do you realize the importance of…………?
68. Wouldn’t your family enjoy……………..?
69. Can you see the potential of……………..?
70. Wouldn’t it be comforting to know………?
71. Wouldn’t it be an exciting challenge if…..?
72. Isn’t it going to be incredible when………?
73. Could you reach more of your potential by..?
74. Can you visualize the monetary gain of……?

DMM: Stocks, manufacturing and housing up! Business is on the rise. More people working means more out there to happily say yes to what you market and sell. Get out there with confidence, ladies. The economy is coming back! Whoooo-hoooo! But I digress. Read the article and smile.

This article is from SeekingAlpha.com

The immortal words of Gomer Pyle rang out in business headline after headline this week, “Surprise, Surprise, Surprise!” Women business owners take note:

First the banking sector became awash in surprisingly good news. Four of the US top banks smashed all earnings estimates and posted collective net profits of $13.6B for the second quarter.

Bank of America (BAC) posted a profit of $3.2B
Citigroup(C): $4.3B
Goldman Sachs (GS): $3.4B
JP Morgan Chase (JPM): $2.7B

The technology sector followed with Intel’s (INTC) surprise. It posted its best quarter over quarter sales increase since 1988. Further, the chip leader formally asserted that this current quarter ending in September, will be significantly stronger than any analysts had even dreamed of. IBM (IBM) also added its vote of Q3 confidence later in the week.

And there was more surprisingly good news in the jobs data Thursday. The number of initial claims in the week ending July 11 fell 47,000 to 522,000 – the lowest level since early January. The data for continuing claims also fell by 642,000 — the largest drop on record! This huge downward surprise even pulled the four-week moving average of these continuing unemployment claims down by 110,250.

And then on Friday, the housing market chimed in with surprises of its own. Contractors started building single-family homes at the fastest rate in 4-1/2 years. “The bond market was completely caught off guard by the increase in housing starts,” said Jane Caron, chief economic strategist at Dwight Asset Management in Burlington VT.

And stocks surprised most strategists as well. Just last week many had forecast stocks to continue their recent declines (or at least continue to move sideways). Q2 earnings jitters dominated the news. But as markets closed on Friday, many traders were left scratching their heads as the Dow rocketed to its best weekly gain since March, closing within easy striking distance of the 9000 mark.

But perhaps the mother of all surprises this week came from the bear of all bears, Doctor Doom, Nouriel Roubini. Just last week the ultra depressing economic prognosticator wrote an article “Brown Manure, Not Green Shoots.”

But this week in a significant flip, flop, Roubini actually stated, “the worst of the worst is behind us.” (He later of course whined that his words were taken out of context.)

Gomer Pyle frequently exasperated his immediate supervisor Sergeant Carter with the Private’s Pollyanna-style demeanor. With positive economic surprises everywhere, it is no surprise that Roubini feels a bit frustrated as well.

This article was copied and pasted from http://www.seekingalpha.com

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