Topic: So what industries are doing well currently?

[mmret]

Civil litigation.  When the economy's in the shitter, people turn on each other.  Business in my office is booming 

Damn you lawyers!

[Ex-airbalancer]

I wonder if the same is true now of the Power Sports industry?

The bug in ATV/Bike sales currently is the clamp down on financing.  Best rate at Honda is essentially 9% and only if credit is solid.  Suzuki (Laurentian Bank) is 8.75 and credit must be solid.  If not, it's GE credit at 18%.    80% of units are financed.  Margins are low.  Profit, if you can call that, is in clothing and accessories and then parts.

Was talking with an owner of a shop a month ago, he said  a lot of people were buy with cash
And kijiji was were he was getting most of his leads

[dr_spock]

The RCMP is hiring but you must be willing to relocate any where in Canada they send you immediately after you graduate from their academy. 

[The Mighty Duck]

It's part of a phenomenon called nesting.  People are focusing on the little stay-at-home hobbies instead of more expensive, extroverted hobbies.

Funny you mention that.  Just yesterday I heard that Britons are having more sex than ever because it's their cheapest form of entertainment... 

The RCMP is hiring but you must be willing to relocate any where in Canada they send you immediately after you graduate from their academy. 

US Army recruitment is way up, too.  But you must be willing to relocate to Iraq and get shot at.  :/

[DriverJeff]

Picked up a new government account not too long ago... the next three years are set.   

[safristi]

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[initial_D]

Well, if my tax dollar goes towards your Porsche fund, I don't mind. But if it is for some useless campaign, then ... What am I saying? Is there anything useful from from Gov't ads?

[safristi]

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[Mitlov]

Civil litigation.  When the economy's in the shitter, people turn on each other.  Business in my office is booming 

Damn you lawyers!

Don't blame the lawyers    We're just the tools.  We don't make people fight each other.  We're just the fists, not the intent behind them.

[Arthur Dent]

post secondary education will see a increase in enrollment I suspect.

[2JDM]

post secondary education will see a increase in enrollment I suspect.

And so will student loans. 

[rrocket]

Don't blame the lawyers    We're just tools. 

Fixed for accuracy.....

[Snowman]

Despite the collapse of project execution and contacting work in mining the financial evaluation work has picked up, I have received a few calls wondering if I got terminated yet. My timing into the work of contacting could have not been better in August; I’m the only person on the second floor of our Sudbury office….quietly engineering my own demise.

[sirAQUAMAN64]

I have received a few calls wondering if I got terminated yet.

And somehow that doesn't surprise me 

[Snowman]

I have received a few calls wondering if I got terminated yet.

And somehow that doesn't surprise me 

  Well at least in mining we don’t looking for handouts when times get bad

[Blue01]

I think alcohol stores could see an increase--more people will drink in bad times. 

Yup, so far, so good.  I work in the booze business and we've been busy.  Definitely more than other years at this time, but, come New Years Day, when everyone wakes up with an economic hangover, we'll see.

We're expecting business to continue, but people will be buying the cheaper bottles, and passing on the higher ones.  That suits me just fine.

[Ex-airbalancer]

Sale at the LCBO http://www.thestar.com/article/548724

[barrie1]

A Friends of mine is in the cable instalation business and also provides the equipment to operate it. Those PVR Boxs are going like crazy he says as the demand has increased tremendously since the folks are spending so much more time at home. Many repair garages are also extremely busy as new car sales are much slower as well. 

[Blue01]

An article in a recent newspaper does have me a bit concerned though.
It stated that during hardtimes, people tend to drink more and have less sex.

Oh my gawd, good times at work, but not at home.

[Triple Bob]

Even though the blackberry storm got some tough reviews when it launched, it is selling like the proverbial hot cakes!  People seem to forget that the iPhone was full of bugs when it came out too, the new software update is out now so should sort a few out.