Friday's Blog Watch
Editor's note: Every morning, James Altucher presents the most timely, topical posts from the Web's best business blogs.
Which stocks are in
, and why?
Compete.com looks at how quickly
votefortheworst.com
became a popular Web site.
Stockpickr's
include a potential snapback trade on my favorite airline (because of the TV) --
JetBlue
(JBLU) - Get Report
.
Dealbreaker notes that John Arnold,
the No. 1 hedge fund manager on the top-paid list for 2006
with a paycheck of $1.5 billion, should be the poster boy for hedge fund managers.
Financial Skeptic wants to know when
for
Pier One
(PIR) - Get Report
.
Here's an interesting list of stocks that were around
.
This is
of the implications of the partnership between
Yahoo!
(YHOO)
and
Viacom
(VIA.B)
partnership.
Vonage
(VG) - Get Report
got rid of its CEO. But
? He might be worse!
Ticker Sense is skeptical when people say we are seeing
.
Seven million Americans are more than 100 pounds overweight. $33 billion in services are spent each year on health care for the obese. Here is an "
" of stocks that should benefit.
TheFlyOnTheWall.com
is nervous
about
CheckFree
(CKFR)
.
Photobucket, the premier photo-sharing Web site, just got blocked by
Newscorp's
(NWS) - Get Report
MySpace. TechCrunch
wonders whether Photobucket can survive
without MySpace.
If
Research in Motion's
(RIMM)
results were so bad, then
why are all the analysts coming out to support it
?
This is a great chart of the Shanghai market, which shows
that the 9% downturn on Feb. 27 was just a blip
.
Here's a comprehensive look at
Google's
(GOOG) - Get Report
new
.
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