Lest you focus your attention solely on bargain stocks in this market, or stocks likely to double soon, here's a brief recap of some of the past week's more unusual financial news:
The economy in brief(s)
If you're trying to figure out how healthy or ill the economy is, forget the usual indicators. Housing starts? Unemployment? The traffic at your local Home Depot
When the economy starts to slump, one of the first things that men cut back on buying is underwear, apparently. If that's the case, it'd seem that Hanesbrands
Your telephone company in action
Here's the kind of press most companies should avoid. An Ohio newspaper reported that during a search for a missing person, the police asked Verizon
The weiner, and still champion …
Listen up, Kraft Foods
Dear Cap'n Crunch: I am outraged!
PepsiCo's
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