Ravengate
Partners - Stock market, economic and political commentary by Patricia Chadwick

Cell phones were the only means of communication for those on the hijacked airplanes and for many trying to escape the World Trade Center on September 11. However, after the collapse of the twin towers (and for hours and even days after), communication by cell phone and telephone in and around New York City became difficult to near impossible, as all the lines were jammed with millions of callers.

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As we all struggle to understand the overwhelming loss of human life from Tuesday’s tragedy and to assess all that it means for the American way of life as we have known it, I find it troubling that so much of the immediate “punditry” emanating from Wall Street is suggesting that the economic outlook has suddenly worsened seriously.

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