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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.

This Week's 'Barron's' Roundup

GM: Opel Talks Near Completion

Unions: Oracle Plans Europe Job Cuts

The Speed of Crisis in the Digital Age

Protect Your Brand in Cyberspace

Jim Cramer's Best Blogs

Dion's Weekly ETF Winners and Losers

Don Dion's Weekly ETF Blog Wrap

China Buys Stake in Teck Resources

Regulators Shut Down Seven Banks

'Fast Money' Recap: Nothing's Working

Cramer's 'Mad Money' Recap: Surviving a Tough Market

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FDIC Sketches Rules for Bank Deals

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Oil Update: Crude Falls Into $66 Range




		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 Audit Attractors to Watch Out For

10 Rules for Quick and Easy PR

INSIGHT & ADVICE

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.

Jon D. Markman
Circle the Wagons With Wells Fargo

It offers domestic exposure, which should reward investors who see opportunity in banks.

MORE INVESTMENT IDEAS

Jim Cramer
Weekly Roundup

Weakness at the beginning of the third quarter should present the opportunity to buy more materials and add some more staples.

David Peltier
Stocks Under $10 Weekly Summary

It was a quiet week for the model portfolio, but we feel confident with our holdings heading into earnings season.

Bryan Ashenberg
Breakout Stocks Weekly Summary

Traders saw another week of mixed economic data, and a new stock joined the model portfolio.

Jud Pyle
Fueling Up a New Play

Looking to establish a put spread in this oil and gas producer.

David Peltier
Dividends Offer Consistent Value

When a company generates consistent earnings to cover the payout, it provides steady returns for investors.

Rev Shark
Stuck in Limbo

Investors should refrain from making any bold moves until a clearer picture of where the market is headed emerges.

Alan Farley
Time to Short

Energy stocks, in particular, look highly vulnerable here.

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
Surviving a Tough Market

Mad Money Lightning Round
First Solar Shines

Stop Trading!
Bernanke's Integrity Intact

COMMENTARY

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.

By 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.

MANAGING YOUR MONEY

Gregg Greenberg
Five Dumbest Things on Wall Street: July 2
New Jack Citi; Iran runaround; made in the U.S.A.?; not-so-slick Willie; same old AIG.

Scott Rothbort
Financial Regulation: An Overview
Here's a look at the roots of financial regulation and what's caused the mess that President Obama now seeks to fix.

Gregg Greenberg
Five Spot: Bacarella Big on Bank of America
Robert Bacarella, manager of the Monetta Fund, says there are good buying opportunities in Bank of America, MGM Grand and AMR Corp.

Gregg Greenberg
5 Dumbest Things on Wall Street: June 26
Boeing, Boeing, Gone; Medarex's Quick Study; Altria's Smoke Screen; Exit Nortel; Bye, Bye Bernie

Gregg Greenberg
Five Spot: Loest Says Banks Are Bad Bets
Fund manager Robert Loest says he's avoiding bank and consumer-discretionary retail stocks.

Gregg Greenberg
Five Spot: Stimpson Still Bullish on Tech
Robert Stimpson, manager of the River Oak Discovery Fund, is seeking stocks abroad as U.S. companies are hurt by the credit crunch.

Gregg Greenberg
Five Dumbest Things on Wall Street: June 19
Grinders Gone Wild; EMC's Bad Rap; FDA Zaps Zicam; Marine One Madness; That California 70's Show

Gregg Greenberg
Five Spot: Janus Says Fed May Spoil Party
Janus's Darrell Watters says the Fed's policies threaten to fuel inflation and further erode the dollar.

Scott Rothbort
10 Investment Guidelines: Part 2
Richard Bernstein's advice includes to research as much financial history as possible and to remember that savings equals wealth.