OT:

Odd day in the market.

So far today the following layoffs have been announced:

Caterpillar 20,000
Sprint 8,000
Phillips 6,000
Home Depot 7,000
Pfizer/Wyeth 19,000
Total 60,000

But, the market is in positive territory at the moment.

Everybody is trying to get their bad news out of the way now so they can have a shot at posting a good couple of quarters at the end of this year.