. >> reporter: and at the hyuni showroom, mager frank valanza is optimistic. >> obvusly we have less traffic in the shooom than we had ring that period. t its steady still. we're selling cars. it's not going to be wt it was for the nth of august. but we're looking for year or year improvement hefully september will bbetter than lasteptember. that's h we gage success in this business. >> reporter: most econists believe the cret for success ll be jobs. not until employment picks u will sentiment improve and consumers become morwilling to part wh their money. sct gurvey, "nightly business report", new york. >> paul: after eight concutive advances, ll street's blue ips opened lower on profit taking. the dow fell 35 points ely on, but the tech laden nasdaq ined 10 points paly on intel's bot in third quarter revenue guidance a dell's upbeat ouook late yesterday. news of a dr in consumer confidence helped nd the dow to a 75 point lo at noon which was a drag othe market in general, leadingo a mostly lower ose. >> susie: whlpool is shutting down a manufacturingacility in evansvle, indiana nex