Bank Stocks: Time to Buy or Run Screaming?
By Lauren LaCapra

The big banks have gotten clobbered of late, and while Wall Street is still bullish about the group's long-term prospects, few seem courageous enough to actually buy the stocks.
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 7 Stocks Fall to 52-Week Lows
 TheStreet Ratings Top 10 Rating Changes
 Facebook Gets 'FB' Ticker Approval
 Not All Banks Are JPMorgan
 Obama Recycles Romney Steel Mill Closure in New Ad
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 Chesapeake Energy Singing the Same Tune Amid Skepticism
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 Apple Roundup: iTV, MacBook Pro, iPhone 5
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Today's Market

Financial: Ambac

Health: Affymetrix

Tech: Yahoo!

Small-Cap: CSK Auto

Other: Motorola

Markets

U.S. Loses Jobs, Recession Fears Gain Strength

Asia Has Mixed Session

Senate Finance Panel Defies Bush on Stimulus Plan


Tech Stocks

Google Dials Up Voice Service in Egypt

Apple TV 3 Fails to Excite Wall Street

DirecTV to Merge With Liberty Entertainment

Sprint Springs to Life Despite Wider Loss

Altera's Net Slips


Company News

Cerner Guides Under Street Estimates

Sambol to Lead BofA Mortgage Business

Alcoa Takes Stake in Rio Tinto

Beazer, Countrywide Team Up

Oil Prices Lift Chevron's Profits

Gannett's Profits Crumpled


Small Business Focus

Five Employee Motivation Myths Debunked

Five Audit Attractors to Watch Out For


INSIGHT & ADVICE
Doug Kass
Doug Kass
Kass: Tune Out Pundits,Test Your Convictions 

Of course, the truth will set you free, in life and in markets, but first it will make you miserable. 
Doug Kass
Doug Kass
Kass: Even I Can't Pass Up Cheap Cisco 

Cisco's conference call was a stinker, but the markets are restoring value. 
Doug Kass
Doug Kass
Kass: Near-Term Pros and Cons 

The negatives have a slight edge over the positives. 
James Altucher
James Altucher
Jim Cramer's Portfolios of the Week 

These are the stocks Cramer's been talking about lately. 
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TSC Staff
Slowly Picking at Stocks$ 

Sentiment is very low and some high-quality names are getting cheaper. 
David Peltier
Adding to a Name on a Pullback$ 

We'll add to a health care holding and sell shares of an agriculture name. 
Bryan Ashenberg
A Welcome Update$ 

This name hosted a conference call to inform investors about guidance for its newly combined company. Here's our take. 
Jud Pyle
Wrapping Up OptionsAlerts Positions$ 

Here is some guidance for what action to take with the remaining holdings in our former model portfolio. 
David Peltier
A Final Analysis of Dividend Stocks$ 

In the concluding issue, updates on several model portfolio positions. 
Rev Shark
Wrapping Up $ 

This final issue closes out the remaining model portfolio positions and offers some tips for long-term investing success. 
Alan Farley
The Short Side Seems Overcrowded$ 

This week's painful action has raised the odds for an outsized positive reaction to any fundamental improvement. 
ANALYSIS
By Ivy Lessner 
Microsoft's Deal Needs Time to Digest 
Assimilating Yahoo! into the fold will be the toughest task.
By Marek Fuchs 
Google, Microsoft and Yahoo! Oh My! 
Here's where the media and Maven missed on the three tech giants' news trifecta.

IN FOCUS

Microsoft, Yahoo! Await Antitrust Scrutiny 
By Alexei Oreskovic 
The proposed merger could be drawn out because of its complexity.



Apple's iPod Classic Could Be Harmful to Your Headphones 
By Gary Krakow 
Users complain that software upgrade damages equipment.

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Lightning Round
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COMMENTARY
By Brad Hall 
The Innovators: Winning the Productivity Game 
Companies need to devise an innovative strategy to bring out the best in their work force.
By Doug Kass 
Kass: Color Me More Bullish 
Even if the economic downturn is worse than feared, it will occur within an already undervalued market.

MANAGING YOUR MONEY
Gregg Greenberg
The Five Dumbest Things on Wall Street: May 11 
Body Gets Bopped; Facebook Foolishness; Hesse Mess; Green Mountain Morons; Yahoo's Resume Riot. 

Gregg Greenberg
The Five Dumbest Things on Wall Street This Week: May 4 
Mason's Maturity; Houston's Problem; Einhorn's Interrogation; Rupert Gets Rocked; Aubrey's Apology. 

Gregg Greenberg
The Five Dumbest Things on Wall Street This Week: April 27 
Chesapeake's New Suit; Wal-Mart's Mexican Mess; Big Lots Goes Bust; BP's Bad Guy; Ratings Ridiculousness. 

Gregg Greenberg
The Five Dumbest Things on Wall Street This Week: April 20 
CME's Block Heads; Cuban's Patent Play; Cristina Plays Peron; Roche, Ross and Rachel; Pandit's Pay Problem. 

Gregg Greenberg
The 5 Dumbest Things on Wall Street This Week: April 13 
Zhongpin's Little Piggies; Sony's Memory Lapse; Molina's Messy Monday; Nokia's Population Problem; Dunn And Over. 

Gregg Greenberg
Gundlach: High-Yield Stocks Not so Attractive 
BMO's Patrick Gundlach cautions against the safety trade. 

Gregg Greenberg
The 5 Dumbest 'April Fool's' Quiz Answers 
Congratulations to the winner, Michael Patrick of Atlanta, Ga. 

Gregg Greenberg
4 Value Stocks for the Contrarian Investor 
Fund manager Bill Smead sees value in Aflac, which has resolved its European bond issues, and H&R Block, which stands to gain tax-prep customers as unemployment falls. 

Gregg Greenberg
The 5 Dumbest Things 'April Fool's' Quiz 
Test your knowledge of Wall Street's antics over the past few months. 
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