Headley says another big positive change is that investors are no longer looking for rallies as an opportunity to sell. Also, ''pullbacks are being bought,'' he says. That relieves some selling pressure that can short-circuit rallies."

October rallies -- tend to last - ''I think the rally has legs,''

"Richard Russell, long-time publisher of the Dow Theory Letter, calls the latest uptick just a "tradable rally" in a secular bear market. But he's not really sure why:
"Maybe it's time for the market to make mince-meat out of a large portion of shorts that are in this market. Maybe it's time for the bear to give the battered bulls a little hope. Maybe it's time for Mr. Bear to bring in a fresh batch of investors who believe that we've seen the end of the bear market."
When bull starts, no loud bell rings
Translation? It's a sucker's rally! Bears lure long-term investors back. They start buying. Only to lose more money later when the market drops further in this "secular bear market."
If true, the best strategy for a long-term investor in a "tradable rally" is to do nothing, forget stocks and hold tight to your cash. "

Start buying stock funds now

"LVM supports enterprise level volume management of disk and disk subsystems by grouping arbitrary disks into volume groups. The total capacity of volume groups can be allocated to logical volumes, which are accessed as regular block devices.
Further, LVM provides logical separation of storage, the ability to move data from one physical device to another while on-line, and dynamic block device resizing. LVM also enables system administrators to upgrade systems, remove failing disks, reorganize workloads, and adapt to changing system needs, through a minimum amount of time and effort. "

The Logical Volume Manager for Linux

"Under the new pricing, Sprint PCS said it will offer features such as unlimited calling to and from other PCS phones for $5 a month. Plans at $85 or more will include unlimited data usage, unlimited PCS-to-PCS calling and a second line to share at no additional charge.
Sprint PCS eliminated the unpopular $3 customer-service fee previously charged when customers wanted to speak directly with a service agent instead of using automated options. "

I think I am going to sign up for the Sprint PCS to PCS service.
That is totally worth $5, since all my friends use Sprint as well. :)

Yahoo! News - Sprint PCS Rolls Out New Price Plans

"The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, which promotes alternatives to animal use, claims that the school lunch program discriminates against minority students.
The USDA does not reimburse school districts for soy milk unless students provide a doctor's note demonstrating a medical need. The federally assisted lunch program requires that cow's milk be offered. "

Soy milk coming to school lunches? -

The conviction meant Andersen could no longer audit publicly traded companies, but it was by then a moot point since the indictment had caused nearly all of the firm's publicly traded clients to leave.
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They got a slap on the wrist.

Andersen Gets Five Years, Fined $500,000

Customers of Gabelli mutual funds lost an average of 44% of their portfolios last year, but Mario Gabelli made $47 million. He and many other big-name fund executives have yet to scale back their pay despite their dismal performances.
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Fund fat cats get rich as investors suffer

According to sources, the journaling technology, code-named "Elvis," will make its debut in the forthcoming Mac OS X 10.2.2, which Apple is reportedly on track to post as a free update within the next three weeks. "

Look Out Enterprise: Mac OS X to Get Journaling

Dell Computer Corp.'s sales of personal computers have soared since the advent of the fictional pitchman "Steven," known for his catchphrase, "Dude, you're getting a Dell!" "

Yahoo! News - Is 'Dell dude' Steven done for?

"Cygwin is a UNIX environment, developed by Red Hat, for Windows. "

Cygwin