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Goldman Sachs just filed for a $350 million blank-check IPO which promises to change the rules of the SPAC game via a company called Liberty Lane Acquisition Corp.

Vasco Data Securities (VDSI) announced today that the leading
Middle Eastern bank Arab Bank will enhance the security of its
new Internet Banking Service with VASCO's Digipass GO 3 and
VACMAN Controller. This comes just after Vasco's stock rose
12.5% just yesterday. Today it is trading up another
4%, quite the gain in just two days!

Home prices in many cities continued to plunge by record levels in January as sellers cut their asking bids and rising foreclosures took their toll.

For a long term investor, Garmin looks like a very attractively valued stock. It is the industry leader in a field that has great growth potential.

Don Dion, the publisher of the Fidelity Independent Adviser family of newsletters, pointed out the PowerShares FTSE RAFI Industrials Sector ETF (PRFN) as a potential safe haven for during this turbulent market. Not everyone has the time or the understanding of the markets to make wise investment decisions and this might be the answer for those people.

Short piece out on Reuters this morning (”Siemens to regroup international operations“) citing a German daily newspaper that Siemens is in the process of restructuring its international operations into 20 regional centers:

A look at the industrial average in a couple different time frames

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It was another good day in the market. The Dow rose 187.32, or 1.52%, to 12,548.64, after rising more than 260 points on Thursday, the last day of trading before the Easter weekend.

Broader stock indicators also advanced. The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 20.37, or 1.53%, to 1,349.88, and the Nasdaq composite index rose 68.64, or 3.04%, to 2,326.75.

FINALLY!!!!

The U.S. Justice Department on Monday approved the proposed $4.22 billion purchase of XM Satellite Radio (XMSR) by Sirius Satellite Radio (SIRI) after concluding a combined XM-Sirius would not harm consumers.

The deal still needs approval from the Federal Communications Commission, which is expected to follow the Justice Department's lead.

JP Morgan is making an offer that will be slightly more appealing to Bear shareholders. What are the consequences to this move, and why is the Fed so involved.

AbitibiBowater (ABH), the largest North American newsprint maker, said on Monday Fairfax Financial Holdings (FFH) agreed to invest $350 million in unregistered convertible debentures of AbitibiBowater, sending its shares up more than 24%.

ChangeWave’s latest consumer survey shows a sudden huge pullback in electronics purchasing by U.S. consumers – the largest one since they began measuring spending trends back in 2002.

Only 19% of survey respondents say they'll spend more on electronics over the next 90 days compared to 33% who will spend less – an unprecedented sign of weakness in this space.