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 Apple's Decade: Getting Into the Games
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 Murky Forecast for Holiday Shopping
 Barnes & Noble, Borders Bleed Red
 Wireless Wonder: Under the Radar
 Five Value Stocks With Growth Potential
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 YRC Worldwide Slumps on Unit Sale
 Chinese Firm Fishes for Higher Valuation
 Dollar Tree Winning; Fred's Losing
 Cel-Sci's History of Disappearing Drugs: BioBuzz
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 American Eagle Soaring Toward Recovery
 Bank of America Director Once on Edge

Today's Market

Financial: Ambac

Health: Affymetrix

Tech: Yahoo!

Small-Cap: CSK Auto

Other: Motorola


Markets

U.S. Loses Jobs, Recession Fears Gain Strength

Asia Has Mixed Session

Senate Finance Panel Defies Bush on Stimulus Plan


Tech Stocks

DirecTV to Merge With Liberty Entertainment

Sprint Springs to Life Despite Wider Loss

Altera's Net Slips


Company News

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


Small Business Focus

Five Employee Motivation Myths Debunked

Five Audit Attractors to Watch Out For


INSIGHT & ADVICE
Doug Kass
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
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
Doug Kass
Kass: Near-Term Pros and Cons 

The negatives have a slight edge over the positives. 
James Altucher
James Altucher
Jim Cramer's Portfolios of the Week 

These are the stocks Cramer's been talking about lately. 
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MORE INVESTMENT IDEAS
Jim Cramer
New Licensing Venture Is a Plus for a Drug Holding$ 

This remains an HIV story, but new exposure to hep B in Asia will help the company. 
David Peltier
A Pair of Updates$ 

Two model portfolio names are in the news today amid chatter on an obesity-drug study and a takeout rumor. 
Bryan Ashenberg
Breakout Stocks Weekly Summary$ 

The economic news we have seen has been lukewarm at best, leading to a quiet week for the model portfolio. 
Jud Pyle
Playing the Limits$ 

Our strategy for this market of limited downside and upside is to continue to buy call spreads and sell put spreads. 
David Peltier
A Final Analysis of Dividend Stocks$ 

In the concluding issue, updates on several model portfolio positions. 
Rev Shark
Prepare for Holiday Trading Action $ 

The broader market definitely has some room for downside, but the action is setting up nicely ahead of Thanksgiving. 
Alan Farley
Bulls Set to Take Upper Hand$ 

It seems that year-end seasonality is upon us. 



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.



Jim Cramer's Wrap-up Jim Cramer's Wrap-up
'Mad Money' Recap
The Next Leg in the Housing Rally

Jim Cramer's Wrap-up
'Mad Money' Lightning Round
Ciena's a Bargain

'Stop Trading!'
Costco, Zions

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
Buffalo Fund Mines Cheap Micro-Cap Stocks 
Buffalo manager John Bichelmeyer says he's bullish on technology and consumer stocks. 

Gregg Greenberg
Five Dumbest Things on Wall Street: Nov. 20 
Costco flattens Coke; Genentech speaks Washington's language; GM's payback jive; the (Double) Cheeseburger Rebellion; and Kellogg waffles on Eggo. 

Gregg Greenberg
Xstrata, Dell, Amdocs Top Masters' Thesis 
Jeremy DeGroot, manager of the Masters' Select International Fund, says his team is bullish on mining and technology stocks. 

Gregg Greenberg
Go Slow on Brazil and Russia, Matlock Says 
Madelynn Matlock, manager of the Huntington International Equity Fund, says stock prices have climbed too much in some emerging markets. 

Gregg Greenberg
AdvisorOne Managers Target Brazil 
Dennis Guenther and Robert Jergovic, managers of the AdvisorOne Amerigo Fund, are bullish on stocks in Brazil. 

Gregg Greenberg
Five Dumbest Things on Wall Street: Nov. 13 
Irregular regulators; Pinnacle's pinhead CEO; Disney's Chirtmas jeer; Goldman's divine inspiration; and Benmosche the brave. 

Gregg Greenberg
Calvert's England Says Health Care Will Rally 
Richard England, co-manager of the Calvert Social Investment Equity Fund, expects reform to help, not hurt, health care stocks. 

Gregg Greenberg
Spika Predicts More Woes for Consumers 
David Spika, co-manager of the Timothy Plan Large/Mid Cap Value Fund, says consumers will continue to struggle as they trim debt and battle rising unemployment. 

Gregg Greenberg
Meehan Manager Says Bull Run to Continue 
Jordan Smyth, co-manager of the Meehan Focus Fund, says health care stocks are the best way to take advantage of the improving economy. 

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