It draws the same hyper-competitive overachievers as fields like law and banking, but fails to offer the same barometers--raises, bonuses, partnerships--that tell you how good a job you're doing and (more importantly) how you compare to everyone else.
Key quote: 'Bees are like our barometer.
The same day, department-store barometer Macy's issued a lackluster earnings report, announcing it made 17 cents a share for the second quarter, two cents below Wall Street estimates.
Another moment from the great New England hurricane of 1938 which has just floated into view is the much circulated true tale or urban legend about a man in the Hamptons who received a package in the mail that same September day containing a barometer that he'd lately ordered from Abercrombie & Fitch (then an emporium specializing in playthings and sports gear for the well-to-do).
The barometer read the same as my home weather station, so I'm confident that it reads accurately as well.
The air temperature and pressure in the laboratory were also measured using the same glass thermometers and the barometer, respectively, as described earlier.
The blindfold is the myth that the talent barometer is the same for everyone.
The company's same-store sales, a prime barometer of retail health, have been steadily increasing.
The Credit Suisse First Boston total retail same-store sales index, a barometer of industry trends, increased 5.1percentt over the last 12 months, compared with 6.9percentt in the previous 12 months.
When June sales at stores open at least a year, known as same-store sales and a barometer of retail health, are announced next week, analysts expect the results to be spotty, though certainly not all gloom and doom.
