| Is the US Just Talking Itself Into a Recession?
As Wall Street and Washington fret over what measures are needed to combat an economic downturn, there's another debate brewing about whether the nation is talking itself into a recession when one neither exists at the moment nor is a foregone conclusion in the future. .
Treat your Valentine with a gift of travel this year
The package includes accommodations at the Lodge and Spa, $150 spa credit, dinner in the Piedmont Dining Room and use of the lodge fitness center. It also includes gardens admission, including Day Butterfly Center, Sibley Horticultural Center and Birds of Prey show. Callaway Gardens, about an hour southwest of Atlanta, features 13,000 acres of tree-lined paths, serpentine bridges, meandering creeks and championship golf. Package based on availability. Contact (800) 225-5292 or go to http://www.callawaygardens.com. Sweet days at VailThe Lodge at Vail, a RockResort, is offering a "Steam Up the Slopes" package Feb. 1-29. Package rates start at $669 per night, double occupancy. It includes accommodations, two-day lift ticket per person to Vail, champagne and chocolate-covered strawberries upon arrival, a one-hour in-room massage per person, a three-course romantic dinner at The Wildflower restaurant, daily breakfast for two at Cucina Rustica restaurant.
Family wants Britney to come home
However, they remain very concerned about her welfare, since they are now homeless. Her uncle, Anand Gajadharsingh, told the Express yesterday, "We are all happy about Kimberly's quick recovery and we thank God for all he has done. But the reality is everything was lost in the fire." Kimberly, 12, and her older sister, Tamee, 17, were warded at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, Mt Hope, after a suspected arson attack destroyed their Bamboo Settlement, Valsayn, home last Thursday. Sitting in Kimberly's hospital room yesterday, Anand said, "This is like what home supposed to be. She has a comfortable bed to sleep on. But right now home is nothing like this." Kimberly's mother, Ghandai Gajadharsingh, said since the incident the family had been sleeping on pieces of foam in the corridor of her mother's home, which was partly damaged by the blaze.
Cheap dollar, technology promise better days ahead for business
Improvement is especially obscure as we say goodbye to a miserable 2007. The Christmas shopping season was a flop. The country may be entering its first consumer-led recession since 1991. The mortgage mess, worse than almost anybody could have dreamed, is hurting all kinds of borrowing. Inflation is stirring. Middle-class families may do even more poorly this year than they have in the previous five. .
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