Thursday's Daily Blog Watch

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

Jim Cramer answers questions on Bank of America (BAC Quote), Countrywide (CFC Quote) and more.

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The Talented Blonde figures that nobody is buying dog food anymore, or pretty much anything other than the Apple (AAPL Quote) iPod, clothes from lululemon (LULU Quote) and a few others.

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Stockpickr's System Trades of the Day include trades this morning on LDK Solar (LDK Quote), PetSmart (PETM Quote) and more.

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Wall Street Mayhem explains why it is taking profits on Ninetowns (NINE Quote).

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Why is Standard & Poor's so down on Boeing (BA Quote).

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Why did Merrill say Google (GOOG Quote) is worth $740?

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And then why did Merrill say Research In Motion (RIMM Quote) is worth $140?

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Hilary Kramer likes to fly Republic Airways (REP Quote).

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Wallstrip is going Post-It on 3M (MMM Quote).

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I can't believe it. Google passed Wal-Mart (WMT Quote) in market cap.

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Paul Graham makes sense when he says if you have a start-up, you need to move to Silicon Valley. I'd argue New York City is equal, but it depends on the start-up.

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Notable Calls is all gung-ho on a tiny company called Cisco (CSCO Quote).

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Unusual stocks of the day: stocks that rose on unusual volume yesterday, and stocks with unusual option activity. These are all potential breakout plays.

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