The Daily Blog Watch
Editor's note: Every morning, James Altucher presents the most timely, topical posts from the Web's best business blogs.
Catwalk models are the reason health insurance costs are so high.How did D. Thomas win $5,000 in the Beat the Street contest?
Why didn't EMC(EMC) go up when VMware(VMW) ripped up the other day? Cramer Answers this and other questions.
Dr. John Rutledge finds some hope in the recent housing data.
Why did Merrill give Sirius(SIRI) a sell rating?
Donaldson Capital is taking a fancy to Johnson & Johnson(JNJ).
Crossing Wall Street finds some choice language in one of the odder SEC filings I've seen.
For the couple who has everything, why not buy toilets for two?
Why did S&P downgrade Cisco(CSCO)?
Why is GE(GE) a buy, Lennar(LEN) a short and other fun things in the latest Barron's Roundup.>To order reprints of this article, click here: Reprints
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