Affordable New Ways to Get Job Skills (US News & World Report)

The federal 'income-based repayment' plan and free online courses are options.

Recession rescue: Free job training (ABC 13 Houston)

Free resources and web sites to learn new, more marketable skills

Peabody Energy Faces Potent Headwinds in 2009 (Schaeffers Research)

This article observes that stocks in the coal sector have been hit hard by plunging commodity prices...( Read More )

Their hands are full (The Augusta Chronicle)

It is a good thing Amy Bailey is hyper. A person needs to be energized to home-school seven children, read avidly, get all the kids to their activities and somehow manage two restaurants.

Ring in the new year with some easy-to-handle resolutions (Athens Banner-Herald)

We know all about your 2009 resolutions. You want to lose weight. You want to quit smoking. You want to pay off your credit cards. Those are good changes. Those are changes that will transform you into a different person.

Stuff for parents and kids (Old Colony Memorial & Plymouth Bulletin)

See what's happening in the area for parents and kids.

A leg up on applying for, and staying in, college (Austin American-Statesman)

Claudia Hernandez, a 21-year-old accounting major at Texas State University-San Marcos, is on track to graduate next December with a bachelor's degree. She's thinking about applying to graduate school to pick up a master's in accounting before joining the working world.

Transocean Navigates Through Choppy Waters (Schaeffers Research)

This article notes that Transocean (RIG: sentiment, chart, options) was previously a "must have" stock for investors, but the shares were punished after being removed from the S&P 500 Index (SPX) last week...( Read More )

Is Optimism on Best Buy Over the Top? (Schaeffers Research)

The author of the article warns against short selling the shares of Best Buy (BBY: sentiment, chart, options), as "Best Buy has shown, strong companies can juice their share prices even when the industry is under heavy fire." While the article admits that the shares have lost nearly half of their market value this year due to weak demand for costly items such as LCD televisions and computers, ...

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