Beautiful weather....and blogs?

The good weather has had an equally good effect on retail sales, bringing the market back up today. Consumers spent more than expected on cars and home improvements in March, bringing the retail sales up for the month's report today. The end of April will bring further reports on the economy, including a first quarter's gross domestic product growth report. Enron's Skilling fired back at the prosecution in court today, claiming it has intentionally misrepresented his actions. Lawyers are chipping their two-cents in on the latest form of open communication - blogs! Check out what this "law blog" has to say about the prosecution and defense of Enron. Dow: +7.68 Nasdaq: +11.43 S&P 500: +1.00