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While his offer to reinsure muni debt is no help to troubled bond insurers, it could be the best free market solution to the mess they've created.

Jim Cramer's Best Blogs

Dion's Weekly ETF Winners and Losers

'Fast Money' Recap: Resilient Market

Cramer's 'Mad Money' Recap: Next Week's Game Plan (Final)

'Mad Money Lightning Round': Caterpillar Works

Cramer's 'Mad Money' Follow-Up: Nov. 6

Jim Cramer's Portfolios of the Week

Play 'Roubini and Rogers' ETFs

Lower Volatility Bet on CVS

NightHawk, Sonic: Late Day Volume Movers

Cramer's 'Stop Trading!': Travelers

Health Care ETFs See Hope

AIG Warns of Volatility; Shares Tumble

GE, Citigroup Suddenly Trade Like Twins

Cisco Pressed to Raise Tandberg Bid

Skyworks Gets Lift From Wireless Demand

Crocs' 3Q Profit Full of Holes

3 Best & Worst: Heavy Industry Stocks

Rockwell Automation Lures Bullish Bet

Ocean Power Technologies Wins $60 Million Grant for Wave Power




		Financial: Ambac Health: Affymetrix Tech: Yahoo! Small-Cap: CSK Auto Other: Motorola

U.S. Loses Jobs, Recession Fears Gain Strength

Asia Has Mixed Session

Senate Finance Panel Defies Bush on Stimulus Plan

DirecTV to Merge With Liberty Entertainment

Sprint Springs to Life Despite Wider Loss

Altera's Net Slips

Cerner Guides Under Street Estimates

Sambol to Lead BofA Mortgage Business

Alcoa Takes Stake in Rio Tinto

Beazer, Countrywide Team Up

Oil Prices Lift Chevron's Profits

Gannett's Profits Crumpled

Five Employee Motivation Myths Debunked

Five Audit Attractors to Watch Out For

INSIGHT & ADVICE

Doug Kass
Kass: Tune Out Pundits,Test Your Convictions

Of course, the truth will set you free, in life and in markets, but first it will make you miserable.

Doug Kass
Kass: Even I Can't Pass Up Cheap Cisco

Cisco's conference call was a stinker, but the markets are restoring value.

Doug Kass
Kass: Near-Term Pros and Cons

The negatives have a slight edge over the positives.

James Altucher
Jim Cramer's Portfolios of the Week

These are the stocks Cramer's been talking about lately.

MORE INVESTMENT IDEAS

Jim Cramer
Weekly Roundup

Economic reports point to a recovery, and companies have dramatically increased productivity.

David Peltier
Stocks Under $10 Weekly Summary

This week largely marked the end of earnings season for the model portfolio, leaving us more time to research new names.

Bryan Ashenberg
Breakout Stocks Weekly Summary

The model portfolio underwent little change this week, though it saw a flood of earnings reports.

Jud Pyle
Rolling Out a Spread

We are trading one position for another as the bull case for this logistics services provider still holds up.

David Peltier
A Final Analysis of Dividend Stocks

In the concluding issue, updates on several model portfolio positions.

Rev Shark
Bulls Could Offer a Surprise

However, the overall pricing action has deteriorated and that must be respected.

Alan Farley
A Rubick's Cube of a Market

A major inflection point is at hand.

ANALYSIS

By Ivy Lessner
Microsoft's Deal Needs Time to Digest
Assimilating Yahoo! into the fold will be the toughest task.

By Marek Fuchs
Google, Microsoft and Yahoo! Oh My!
Here's where the media and Maven missed on the three tech giants' news trifecta.

IN FOCUS

		Microsoft, Yahoo! Await Antitrust Scrutiny By Alexei Oreskovic The proposed merger could be drawn out because of its complexity.
		Apple's iPod Classic Could Be Harmful to Your Headphones By Gary Krakow Users complain that software upgrade damages equipment.

'Mad Money' Recap
Next Week's Game Plan

'Mad Money' Lightning Round
Caterpillar Works

'Stop Trading!'
Travelers

COMMENTARY

By Brad Hall
The Innovators: Winning the Productivity Game
Companies need to devise an innovative strategy to bring out the best in their work force.

By Doug Kass
Kass: Color Me More Bullish
Even if the economic downturn is worse than feared, it will occur within an already undervalued market.

MANAGING YOUR MONEY

Gregg Greenberg
Five Dumbest Things on Wall Street: Nov. 6
Kellogg's swine flu silliness; La-Z-Boy crashes auction; So long, CIT; Macy's Phillies faux pas; and Value Line's sin of commission.

Scott Rothbort
Building a Strong Investor-Manager Relationship
The decision to entrust capital to a third party should not be taken lightly on either end.

Gregg Greenberg
The Five Dumbest Things on Wall Street: Oct. 30
Baby Einstein inanity; Apollo's school daze; FairPoint's failure; Activision Blizzard's brain freeze; and Wal-Mart's death wish.

Scott Rothbort
Three Things to Consider Before Investing
Don't overlook these important intangible factors when deciding whether to jump into an investment.

Gregg Greenberg
Jensen Fund Bets on Abbott, Adobe
Rob McIver, co-manager of the Jensen Fund, favors technology companies such as Abbott Laboratories and Adobe.

Scott Rothbort
How to Play the World Series
Here's the Finance Professor's guide to investing for baseball's 2009 World Series.

Gregg Greenberg
Lord Abbett Bets on Consumer Rebound
Managers of the Lord Abbett Growth Opportunities Fund say increased saving will strengthen the consumer.

Gregg Greenberg
Fund Manager Scours Stock Bargain Bin
Joshua Strauss, manager of the Appleseed Fund, says the stock market is pricy, though he stands by these two stocks.

Scott Rothbort
Worst-Run Companies Deserved Their Spots
Three additions to my worst-run companies list last week caused quite a stir among readers. I stand by my picks.