Trader Marksubmits:It is amazing what is going on with our financial system, as I havebeen saying for months. We have institutionalized the behavior wedecried &prosecuted back in the early part of the decade.Complete Story »
Stocks finished down, but well off their lows Monday, as Citigroup announced that it would take an additional $ 8 billion- $11 billion in writedowns.Complete Story »
Don Dionsubmits: When we last looked at the iShares Goldman Sachs Technology (IGM) fund in July, the fund was on its way up the Sector Momentum Table, its returns juiced by expectations of a hearty second-quarter earnings season that lived up to its billing.Complete Story »
Eric Savitz(Barron's) submits: IAC/Interactive (IACI), which Monday announced plansto break into five publicly traded companies, said on a conference call that it has reached an agreement with Google (GOOG)to provide sponsored-listings on Ask.com in a five-year deal thecompany said would be worth at least $3.5 billion. The deal with Googlereplaces a previous agreement between the two companies that was aboutto expire; as recently as last weekthere had been speculation on the Street that a new deal for Ask with Google, Microsoft (MSFT) or Yahoo (YHOO) for search-related ads would provide a catalyst for the stock.Complete Story »
Eric Savitz(Barron's) submits: Shares of Multi-Fineline Electronix (MFLX)are sharply higher Monday morning after the company reported much higherthan expected results for its fiscal fourth quarter ended September 30.M-Flex reported revenue for the quarter of $166.7 million with EPS of12 cents, dramatically better than the Street consensus of $118.5million and a loss of 3 cents.Complete Story »
Chandler Lutzsubmits:The Short StoryExactech (EXAC) is a micro cap orthopedic implant devicemanufacturer with strong management and large insider ownership that is primedto reap the rewards of the aging populations in western cultures.Complete Story »
Carl Howe (Blackfriars Communications) submits: The initial reports about the Google (GOOG) announcement of its mobile phone strategy are coming in now.You can look at Google's blog for its official viewpoint. My summary is that Google announced:An open-source mobile phone software stack.Google's not making any devices; it's just creating a standard set ofopen source software to run mobile phones and use Google services.Complete Story »
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