have the business world, well, atwitter. Can the good news hold? The business Twitterati are holding their breath. On their minds this week: celebrity double standards, Citigroup s resurgence, and God and electricity at the Consumer Electronics Show.

Tenuous signs of recovery

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The Economy/Politics

Incredible: FTC official says new disclosure rules for endorsements don't apply to celebrities.
Jeff Bercovici, media blogger at AOL s DailyFinance, on the commission s muddled standards for disclosure by celebrities who are compensated for endorsements.
Twitter.com/Jeffbercovici

growing middle class is sign of bullishness for technology as more and more people will have access to high tech devices and software
Microsoft s corporate Twitter feed, quoting CEO Steve Ballmer at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
Twitter.com/Microsoft

oh, and by the way, macroeconomic advisers tells me q4 gdp tracking at 4.9%. Yes, that could be revised way down. Still rather impressive.
Daniel Gross, columnist for Newsweek and Slate.com.
Twitter.com/grossdm

Steve Forbes: Despite obstacles, the U.S. economy will grow in 2010. I'd like to agree, but not w/o increased SB lending & job creation 6:05 PM Jan 5th from TweetDeck
Bill George, former CEO of Medtronic.
Twitter.com/Bill_George

Business

See? Bankruptcy Works -- GM Predicts A Profit This Year
Henry Blodget, editor and CEO of Business Insider
and former equity research analyst.
Twitter.com/hblodget

Economist declares "the year of the paywall." What crap. I still see open plains, don't you? Wait until it happens.
Jeff Jarvis, journalism professor and author of bestseller What Would Google Do?
Twitter.com/jeffjarvis

The Markets

ES: Getting slightly nauseous at $C sharp ascent... wow... that's a ton of mkt cap creation given how many shares are outstanding. Wow...
Anonymous hedge funder on the recent run up in Citigroup s stock.
Twitter.com/hedgefundinvest

The Lighter Side

Attended Ballmer's opening CES keynote. It was delayed 25 min because the hotel lost power! The tech gods have a cruel sense of humor...
David Pogue, technology writer at The New York Times.
Twitter.com/Pogue