Expects 2008 Fourth Quarter EPS of 77 to 81 Cents Comments on 2009 Outlook

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Kevin Depew's daily Five Things You Need to Know to stay ahead of the pack on Wall Street: With 2008 now quickly drawing to a close it's time to revisit the Five Themes for 2008 we outlined at the close of 2007. Below are those Five Themes along with my assessment of how they fared this year. Theme One: Deflation "If 2007 was the year of inflation worries and stagflation nightmares 2008 will be the year of deflation. A common misunderstanding is that falling prices causes deflation. No. Deflation causes prices to fall falling prices do not cause deflation. ...

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Michael Shulman, editor of ChangeWave Shorts Alert, says a company that treats infants with special medical needs may suffer if births drop in a weak economy.

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