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Friday's Blog Watch

Stock quotes in this article: MU , GOOG , YHOO , VIA , FCPO , WAG , SYNM , AMZN  

Editor's note: Every morning, James Altucher presents the most timely, topical posts from the Web's best business blogs.


Great post analyzing the success of Web site and movie review business Rotten Tomatoes.


Neat way to see all the interrelationships between the search engines.


24/7 Wall St. talks about the hedge fund that ate Detroit -- Appaloosa, run by super-investor David Tepper. And here are Appaloosa's other top holdings.


Post of the day: how to advertise your pizza business. I like it because it's a nice solid way of bringing back the basics -- it's all about getting customers.


Viacom (VIA Quote), which passed on MySpace, now thinks Facebook is too rich.


Talk about a disorienting picture: Yahoo! (YHOO Quote) on the Google (GOOG Quote) page.


13D Tracker points out that Midwood is increasing its stake in Factory Card and Party Outlet (FCPO Quote), and it believes the shares are substantially undervalued.


Ticker Sense has a way with graphics. Today it shows the trend toward large-caps.


Equity Investments Ideas establishes his bullish case for Walgreen (WAG Quote).


I recently wrote about coal-to-liquids company Rentech (RTK Quote). Now Hilary Kramer makes the case for gas-to-liquids company Syntroleum (SYNM Quote).


Amazing: Berkshire Hathaway (BRKA Quote) breaks $100,000. Maybe now someone, anyone, will finally buy this book.


Super hedge fund Vega is rumored to be undergoing a potential liquidation. I like looking at its top holdings to see if any bargains become available.


Dear Micron (MU Quote): what happened?


Seeking Alpha slams Amazon (AMZN Quote), and Jupitermedia slams Shutterfly, all in one post.


What people will do to get into the Guinness Book of World Records.
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James Altucher is a managing partner at Formula Capital, an alternative asset management firm that runs several quantitative-based hedge funds as well as a fund of hedge funds. He is also the author of Trade Like a Hedge Fund and Trade Like Warren Buffett. Under no circumstances does the information in this column represent a recommendation to buy or sell stocks. Altucher appreciates your feedback; click here to send him an email.

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