i don't know about you, but right now, that makes me feel like a lot of ndians, right3 now, not a lot of hope. david asman now on earnings in a matter of time for the economy follows. >> is a question of which is following which. welcome to the fact is that a company has been relying on a lot of things other tha customers, which is where they should be. it helps them in their borrowing costs. they have been relying on government cotracts. of all these things other than customer money, which should be their basic tour. mainly that they make money. eventually, it has caught up with them. what has happened is that customers don't have as much money and customers are very worried about the future and unlike governments, customers are playg it safe. they are not spending more moey than they have, which means that corporations are getting less money. what is happening now is that big companies like dupont laying off 1500 workers, the ceo of dupont, what is the reason for this? weaker tha expected demand in titanium dioxide and markets. neil: when translated to english. it means that the sol