CNBC's ratings have gotten a boost, too.
And the beleaguered "Today" show has gotten a boost it desperately needed.
And the recent cash flows may have gotten a boost from financial moves that might be hard to repeat.
There are other beneficiaries of online shopping: FedEx, D.H.L. and the United Parcel Service have all gotten a boost.
Many observed that their movies would have gotten a boost from a recognizable male star like Ashton Kutcher or Orlando Bloom.
"If anything, we would have gotten a boost if he came back," said Van Horn, who spoke briefly with Williams Wednesday evening.
"Accomplishing the most basic fundamental tasks of governance is becoming far too difficult," said Dent, whose potential primary challenger had gotten a boost from Bannon's Breitbart News.
That task has gotten a boost in recent years, Jaffe said, thanks to the emergence of new data sets from the U.S. patent office, Microsoft, and various economic researchers, alongside new techniques for analyzing them.
Lake Charles has gotten a boost from casino gambling and the oil and gas industry, as well as an infusion of new businesses, including liquefied natural gas terminals and a new plant that builds parts for nuclear reactors.
In California, Carly Fiorina, the former chief executive of Hewlett-Packard, seems to have gotten a boost in her bid for the Republican Senate nomination with an ad known as "Demon Sheep".
They have appeared on the hit television show "Glee" and have gotten a boost from Ms. Newsom, a Lyon & Healy devotee whose style has taken the instrument out of its classical mold and brought its sound to a general audience.
