US Economy : Trade Deficit Widens to a Record (Update4) Bloomberg - ... US companies imported more computers, consumer goods and oil even as they shipped a record ... showed that consumer spending is holding up even as the economy slows ...

I was looking at a pint glass of Diet 7UP a few weeks ago, staring at the formation of bubbles near the bottom and watched them as they rose.

Reuters - The pace of U.S. economic growth softened more sharply than expected in the second quarter and corporate profits rose feebly, according to a Commerce Department report on Thursday that pointed to a significant easing in expansion.