he said, i quote, "the operating environment and macau remained challenged in quarter but we do see signs of stabilization particularly in the mass market. "the first year on year monthly gaming growth we've experienced in two years. boom. you get almost a 6 % rally in the stock.you get almost a 6 % the stock.. you get almost a 6 % rally in the stock. same glimmer of hope in caterpillar. its stock rallied $4. simply because in this, the fourth year of its decline, the company had right sized to profit big-time. now, of course, if things simply stop going down, they will make a ton of money. plus a whole bunch of product lines. the stock sunk on the news initially, but when close cat followers heard talk of a bottom in several of the businesses, well, they said good enough. all right. let me give you the flip side. what wasn't good enough. mickey d's, mcdonald's failed to hit the 2% benchmark. stock got slaughter, down more than 4%. the company's 1.8% domestic