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Schumpeter: Too much buzz | The Economist THE only area of business that seems to be recession-proof is social media.

With its revenue directly tied to the death rate, the $15 billion funeral industry has always been seen as recession-proof.

Lau Cheong Kei's handmade noodleshave been a staple for decades, but even these cheap mid-day snacks are not recession proof .

A dividend cut must be possible, but the company in general seems fairly recession-proof.

"It seems like every time I lose a job it's a recession and I have to try to jump back in . . . now I'm looking for recession-proof work. "

This has encouraged a view that tech might be nearly as recession-proof as toothpaste and canned soup.

Experience shows that tomato products are at least recession-resistant, and in some cases, recession-proof.

Last year you had to be prepared to explain how your startup was viral. Next year you'll have to explain how it's recession-proof.

Together, these factors suggest that commodities, while not recession-proof, might stay buoyant even in a sluggish recovery.

At first glance the sales figures seem to debunk the idea that video games are recession-proof.

But this is unlikely to take the gloss off a year that suggested cinema is recession proof.

So as well as being shock proof and waterproof to hundreds of meters, it now seems Swiss watches are increasingly recession proof.

BUSINESS schools are generally reckoned to be pretty recession proof.

The problems facing operators have taken the shine off the city's image as recession-proof.

Fortunately the way to make a startup recession-proof is to do exactly what you should do anyway: run it as cheaply as possible.

Is it a recession-proof business model? Not quite.

Even as the world experiences an uncertain economy some consumer groups are practically recession-proof: namely the rich and the super rich.

Other corporate leaders argue that their businesses are, to varying degrees, recession-proof.

The downturn forces sweeping changes on a reputedly recession-proof business.

But to what extent are charities recession-proof?

RECYCLING aside, waste firms often describe themselves as recession-proof.

Part of the answer is that reports of a recession-proof state were greatly exaggerated.

Mr. Brough: KPMG isn't recession-proof, and there's clearly downward pressure on audit fees.

The young are recession-proof, they don't fear viruses, and even the older ones are learning to search the Web for good deals.

But the company isn't recession-proof: Annual profits could fall for the first time in four years.

Shoppers have cut back on toilet paper and cigarettes, once thought recession-proof.

Basic consumer goods were long assumed to be more or less recession-proof.

It is a story retold throughout China's big cities: budget hotels are virtually a recession-proof business.

"It's not true that casinos are recession-proof, " says Keith Andrews, the casino's spokesman.

KPMG isn't recession-proof, and there's clearly downward pressure on audit fees.

For more on what you can do to keep your business profitable during a recession, see How to Recession-Proof Your Business.

But much of the local economy is recession-proof.

In fact, a recent study by JobFox indicated that top recession-proof jobs include sales and business development as number one.

In one sense, food is recession-proof, since people have to eat in good times and bad.

"We're not recession-proof but we're recession-resistant, " she says.

Cosmetics is a virtually recession-proof business, because it's an inexpensive way for people to feel good about themselves.

Luxury travel: A recession proof market place?

Many women, meanwhile, work in education and health care, which have been more recession-proof.

But what if changing habits also alter the performance of traditional "recession-proof" sectors such as telecommunications?

That strategy is more recession-proof than relying on financial engineering, as in the past.

The business is recession-proof, Mr. Zherka argued.

For an industry that once thought itself recession-proof, that is shocking.

As a result, gold is relatively "recession-proof, " as evidenced by its relative strength in 2008.

For an industry that oncethought itself recession-proof, that is shocking.

Book binding is also a recession-proof business, because it caters to people who have money, and who aren't worried about getting laid off.

I think to some extent gaming is recession proof.

Other firms in the rabbit warren are apparently recession-proof: Solent International, which fits out yachts abroad for the super-rich;

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