Results tagged “slump”

Microsoft's Zune sales plunged $100 million dollars, or 54 percent, this holiday season compared to last. CNET says iPod unit sales were up 3 percent, though Apple's revenue was down 16 percent.

It doesn't seem that long ago that no matter which daily newspaper you picked up, the real estate news was good and getting better the by the second. This morning the Seattle Times has a story about even highly motivated home-sellers not finding buyers. Key sentence: "The Seattle-area housing market, once touted as bulletproof against the forces that were pulling down other markets across the country, is now stressing out sellers, who are seeing inventories rise, sales fall and prices drop." We love that "once touted." Wonder who was doing all that touting? Damn those touts!