Altucher's Blog Watch: April 9

The best Internet acquisitions of 2007, and how to create a viral video.
By James Altucher ,

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

Is it time for a strong rebound in

merger arbitrage

?

Sometimes the world's richest man,

here's the portfolio of

Carlos Slim Helu.

These are the

best Internet acquisitions

of 2007. Not surprisingly,

Google

(GOOG) - Get Report

is the acquirer of No. 1.

The first cancer vaccine ever approved in the world

bodes good news for stocks like

Dendreon

(DNDN)

.

Google gets sued for

privacy invasion

.

Here's a

great post

on how to create a viral video.

Compare personal income taxes in

1954 vs. today

.

Here are Stockpickr's

System Trades of the Day

.

Paul Kedrosky writes about how

the best companies know how to mutate

and draws an example from

Westar Energy

(WR)

.

A rare brain disease

unleashes creativity

.

Advanced Micro Devices' (AMD) - Get Report troubles

are making

Intel's

(INTC) - Get Report

investors nervous.

Broadcom (BRCM) and others

will benefit from an

Apple

(AAPL) - Get Report

3G iPhone.

These are the companies that are

still rated AAA

, including

Exxon Mobil

(XOM) - Get Report

,

Automatic Data Processing

(ADP) - Get Report

and others.

At the time of publication, Altucher and/or his fund had no positions in any of the stocks mentioned, although positions may change at any time.

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LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of TheStreet.com and part of its network of Web properties, and a managing partner at Formula Capital, an alternative asset management firm that runs a fund of hedge funds. He is also a weekly columnist for the

Financial Times

and the author of

Trade Like a Hedge Fund

,

Trade Like Warren Buffett

and

SuperCa$h

. Under no circumstances does the information in this column represent a recommendation to buy or sell stocks. Altucher appreciates your feedback;

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