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This is CBS. I'm the world. I'm John Batchel. I welcome Gene Marks back from the road.

My small business columnist for the Guardian newspaper, the Philadelphia Inquard, other distinguished publications. We're going to go on the road with Gene, however, because both of us have been measuring the small business economies of different parts of the country and finding surprising convergence of opinion.

Gene, a very good evening to you.

You've been to Palm Springs for the Monitoring Association.

What did you learn?

Good evening to you.

Hi, John.

Yeah, I've been traveling a lot, speaking to a lot of different groups over the past couple of weeks.

So in Palm Springs, the Monitoring Association, this is a association that's made up of companies that implement

alarm systems, you know, all around the country. It's a very competitive and big industry,

not only the alarm systems, but systems that track fire or that track, you know, warn you of

carbon monoxide. Think about it. You know, every building,

every warehouse, every residential home, every apartment complex, they need this stuff. It's

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