Happy Hour: At Home With Homebuilders and Mom

Housing stocks have outperformed nearly every market sector while major market indices have struggled. But future upside may be limited, says Carl Tash, founder and principal of Cliffwood Partners, a Los Angeles-based real estate investment firm. And with Mother's Day just around the corner, Happy Hour bails out last-minute shoppers with gift ideas from Bob Zakrzewski, co-founder and president of FindGift.com, and Darrell Benatar, president of Surprise.com. Also, a toast to Walter Hewlett and the weekly Markets Roundtable.

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			The Toast: After an eight-month battle against the Hewlett-Packard/Compaq merger on behalf of shareholders, Walter Hewlett has decided not to appeal a court decision allowing the merger to go ahead as planned. But by losing the battle, Hewlett may have won his war to protect shareholder interest by forcing H-P, during the battle, to take steps to prove the merger would work.
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