Silver linings and Apple

Though I haven’t made any official 2013 predictions in this column, in my final New Hampshire Business Review column of last year I predicted that 2013 would be a better year. How the shenanigans in Washington and Italy are putting that prediction to the test is the subject of next week’s column. Today I want to accomplish two things: review a number of positive economic indicators and have some fun at the expense of a couple of not so positive Apple-related marketing strategies. Fourth-quarter GDP was revised up.