Zings Of The Day (GG, TTWO)

Jobs, jobs, jobs. It's all about Jobs, jobs, jobs. The jobs report came out this morning, and results were better than expected The economy lost 54,000 jobs in August versus an expectation of 101,000 jobs lost. Pretty sure I helped the snackfood sector of the jobs report this month with my love for Doritos. Blockbuster missed another bond payment this morning, as the video rental store goes into a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing. Reuters reports it was to junior holders this time. Good thing I didn't take my dad's name, I still got my bond payment. I used it to pay my late fee on Titanic. In more merger news, Goldcorp GG announced it's paying $3.4 billion for gold miner Andean Resources. After this merger is complete, Goldcorp announced it's buying CashforGold.com for 2 prepaid packages and all of your jewelry. Take Two TTWO reported much better than expected earnings yesterday, and raised its guidance. The video game maker said it's seeing strong for its products. Here's the results of the company's hard work. Go get 'em guys! Barack Obama announced he is seeking "targeted measures" to spur economic growth. In other words, another stimulus package. In other news, the sun will shine somewhere tomorrow.
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