The Economic Calendar is fairly light, though two important reports book-end the week:On Monday is the ISM Manufacturing Index (Consensus 51.5). We’ll take the under.And on Friday comes the March employment report. Consensus is for an addition of 135,000 jobs on the nearly meaningless headline number. Keep an eye out for our more meaningful (we
April, 2007
Wowio is a website that lets you download eBooks from their library for free. They are in Adobe Acrobat format, so don’t need any special software to read them. There’s also no annoying DRM, so you can move them between computers and PDAs with ease.
What’s the catch? Well, the titles are limited, so you’re not going to get the current New York Times bestseller. But they do have a wide selection, from classics to comic books (I mean, graphic novels!). Here are the titles I downloaded today (you get five each day):
Avant-Guide Las Vegas: Insiders Guide for Urban Adventurers (Travel Guide)Critique 01: The Magazine of Graphic Design ThinkingGuerrilla Data Analysis Using Microsoft ExcelThe Science of Getting Rich (supposedly inspired The Secret)Slaughter-House Five by ...Related Stocks: DRS Ted Allrich submits: Methods used to track military activity are complex, but DRS Technologies (formerly Diagnostic/Retrieval Systems) (DRS) makes the tasks manageable with electronic systems that process, display, and store complex military and aerospace data. Complete Story »
Related Stocks: RIMM Dean Bubley submits: Interesting to see that Research in Motion (RIMM) has announced a new set of APIs for its Java developer environment. While there's a bunch of stuff in there which is obviously useful like the multimedia side, there's something conspicuously absent - support for SIP, via the JSR-180 Java API. Complete Story »
Related Stocks: CNI George Gutowski submits: Canadian National Railway Company (CNI) has warned downwards, citing a longish strike, bad weather and neglecting to point out derailment problems. If you follow this stock and could not figure out that Q1 was going to stink, you have a perception deficit problem. Complete Story »
Related Stocks: DELL, HPQ Abby Carmel submits: Annotated article summary from this weekend's Barron's. Receive all our Barron's summaries by signing up here:Why HP Has Unseated Dell Complete Story »
Carl T. Delfeld submits: Most of the trading volume in exchange-traded funds comes from sophisticated traders and hedge funds with short-term views on entire market sectors. Meanwhile, many individual investors use ETFs as part of a buy-and-hold plan because they're relatively cheap, diversified and tax-efficient. Complete Story »
Related Stocks: NVS, TEVA Aaron F. Barkoff submits: For the second time in as many days, the Federal Circuit has decided a case with broad implications for innovator and generic drug companies. Complete Story »
Related Stocks: SONS Dean Bubley submits: I see that Zynetix has been acquired by VoIP and softswitch specialist Sonus Networks. Complete Story »
Related Stocks: WLT Abby Carmel submits: Annotated article summary from this weekend's Barron's. Receive all our Barron's summaries by signing up here:Deeply in the Black Complete Story »
