595,000 small businesses closed in 2008.1
2,500,000 jobs were lost within small businesses in 2008.2
Americans' net worth increased $2 Trillion in Q2 2009 due to increasing stock prices.3
And Southwest Airlines has announced they are discontinuing lemons. Literally. No more lemons in any in-flight drinks. This will save them approximately $100,000 in the next twelve months.4 (I remember American Airlines removed one olive from every first-class salad...way back in the 90s...and it saved them $42,000/year.)
As has been the case for a year-and-a-half, there continues to be sobering news, the periodic ray of hope, and examples that show the macro-consequences of micro-movements.
1&2Source: Small Business Administration
3&4Source: ABC News