10) E-mail spam 9) Kobe, Shaq infighting 8) Internet music downloads 7) France 6) “W” becoming president 5) Poor fall television ratings 4) Jobs moving to India and China 3) Deflation-dread disorder 2) Weak consumer confidence 1) 9-11 and the “War on Terror”
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on December 3, 2003. Read the original PDF.