Monday'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 NYSE Euronext (NYX Quote - Cramer on NYX - Stock Picks), Merrill Lynch (MER Quote - Cramer on MER - Stock Picks) and more.

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Is the new coffee play at McDonald's (MCD Quote - Cramer on MCD - Stock Picks) signaling the death knell for Starbucks (SBUX Quote - Cramer on SBUX - Stock Picks)?

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Stockpickr's System Trades of the Day triggers several trades for tomorrow.

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Here's a nice summary of the performance of the Dow 30.

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Check out this post from Mark Cuban on success and motivation.

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Crossing Wall Street asks whether momentum beats value.

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There are a slew of analyst comments on eBay (EBAY Quote - Cramer on EBAY - Stock Picks).

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Fast Money has some contrarian plays for 2008, including GM (GM Quote - Cramer on GM - Stock Picks), Pfizer (PFE Quote - Cramer on PFE - Stock Picks) and more.

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Monster.com (MNST Quote - Cramer on MNST - Stock Picks) is expanding, but the stock has been on vacation.

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Paul Kedrosky takes a look at gold prices from 1460 through today.

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