Once the bon vivant extraordinaire, Kozlowski served as the mega-conglomerate's CEO in an age of startling excess and set the barometer higher and higher on the enjoyments of wealth and power, culminating in outrageously expensive bric-a-brac like a multi-thousand-dollar umbrella stand and shower curtain.
In addition, the number of people filing unemployment claims touched a three-month high, and a barometer of home prices unexpectedly fell.
But the data that sent the pessimism barometer higher last week was the report Thursday that the nonmanufacturing index of the National Association of Purchasing Management had fallen sharply, indicating that this sector was beginning to feel the brunt of the economic slowdown.
Does Cook believe his side can be challenging for promotion in May? "While we keep setting the barometer high, people that know us know we're not saying 'we're going to win the league'.
Threadcount Counts: But Not as Much as You Think Formerly, threadcount was the main barometer, with higher threadcount equated with higher luxury.
And, said the philanthropy trust, which uses an economic model to estimate annual charitable contributions, donations equaled 2.1percentt of gross domestic product, the highest level by that barometer in 28 years.
The department store group, which is seen as a barometer of high street fortunes, reported that sales for the week ending 15 November had topped £100m for the first time this year.
Turning to the CBOE Market Volatility Index (VIX), Friday's action produced yet another all-time high for the fear barometer.
In the three years that I have been writing this column, my e-mail has become a barometer of the high-paced working world.
"We don't use the number of high school programs as a barometer because the feeder system to colleges has been mainly clubs," he said.
