call for details. see your local chevy dealer. returning to a story we told you about earlier, the consumer confidence index shows americans more pessimistic than at any time since april. some businesses are thriving, despite the recession or maybe even because of it. i'm joined by cnn's tom foreman, who as part of our "building up america" series has been looking at businesses out there with high potentials during hard times. you're with the cnn express in austin, texas. what are you finding out, tom? >> reporter: well, i'll tell you, if consumer confidence is down, there's certainly plenty of people here who have a great deal of confidence. despite the hard times, and some of them, because they have adapted their whole business view to not merely fight the recession, but to take