Headwinds stories:
Abbott Labs 4Q Profit Edges Upward, Sales Jump 11%
Jan 27th, 2010 - Wall Street Journal
and rising sales of arthritis drug humira fueled an overall 11% revenue increase. the abbott park, ill., health-care products maker got a sales boost from currency-exchange trends that turned from a headwind into a tailwind. abbott's larger rival, johnson
Manufacturing posts best showing since 2006
Jan 4th, 2010 - Reuters
world factory activity expanded last month at its greatest clip in nearly four years.
but headwinds for the u.s. economy remain, as a separate report showed construction spending fell in november to a more than six-year low, depressed by a decline


