In a shaky stock market environment, there is no better place to turn than the defense contractors. Leading the S&P index by about 20% in 2008 (the 8th straight year of better relative performance), the so-called “big five” have their work cut out for them in 2008 and beyond. It is pretty much a foregone conclusion that defense spending will increase this year.

Article looking at the positives and negatives of a YHOO and MSFT merger. Speculates about what actions Yahoo will take in the merger defense arena. It also predicts that the deal will not get past regulators and that if it does it will be mistake for Microsoft's shareholders.