A Mid-term Assessment of 2009 and the Annus Horribillis that was 2008

by Lou Zacharilla

Director of Development,  Society of Satellite Professionals International (SSPI)  

Simply put, 2008 and the first half of 2009 have been years best described in 1992 by Queen Elizabeth as annus horribillis. In other words, they really stunk. This is obvious to the millions of men and women dangerously out of work everywhere; to the North American auto industry; to those dependent on financial services for credit or to make payroll, and to the billions of folks in Asia who were raised out of poverty during the past two decades, but who find their rising economic circumstances in peril.