Economic pessimism is just so totally futile. And, with everyone, everywhere talking about it, it’s also sort of boring. The over-abundance of focus on it obscures those parts of business, community, and industry that are actually making gains, at this very moment, propelling us into a new decade of next level technology with emerging possibilities. Here’s some of the good news:

• Cicsco Systems quarterly growth: 17%
• Google quarterly growth: 39%
• IBM announced better than expected quarterly earnings
• Oracle posted 28% profit
• LinkdedIn received $22.7 million in new venture capital funding
• Amazon.com posted a 48% rise in profit and 31% gain in revenue
• AT&T profits rose 5.5% with brisk iPhone 3G sales

Wall Street Journal – October 10, 2008

Wall Street Journal – October 23, 2008

Social Times Blog – October 23, 2008