Summary Box: 100 Years of “Think” at IBM By The Associated Press June 16, 2011 (AP) THE MILESTONE: International Business Machines Corp. turns 100 on Thursday. THE CONTRIBUTIONS: Everyday tasks of technology, such as computer storage drives, bar codes used in supermarkets and the magnetic stripes on the back of credit cards. THE FUTURE: While IBM’s Watson attracted buzz by beating two human “Jeopardy!” champions, the company wants to put it to real-world use as a medical diagnostic tool and work on other big data projects.

June 16, 2011 Eric Parnell http://seekingalpha.com/article/275284-stock-correction-may-have-much-further-to-go The stock market is vastly overvalued. While much has been made over the last few weeks about the current market correction, it’s merely a scratch on the surface when put into perspective. Sure we’re down 8%, but we’re still above the levels from just a few months ago in mid March. And we’re still positive for the year and 4% above the market peak at the end of QE1. From a historical view, the market is well above where it should be at this stage of the current secular cycle. And things could get very unpleasant for stocks if the underlying forces supporting the…

This article was published in November of 2007 http://genxfinance.com/a-visual-history-of-the-stock-market-from-1996-2007/ With the current volatility in the market, it causes people to begin questioning their investments and wondering where we’re headed. In my profession, I have to work with uneasy clients daily, and it can be difficult to remind them that the stock market is constantly moving and generally goes through cycles. The market can’t go up indefinitely, nor will it go down indefinitely. More often than not, we’ll see periods of growth followed by periods of volatility or sideways movement, and then have a period of falling stocks that is followed by more volatility before the cycle repeats itself. A Glimpse…

By Sean Gardiner and Alison Fox JUNE 15, 2011, 1:36 PM ET http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2011/06/15/harlem-teen-killed-after-argument/tab/print/ A 15-year-old Manhattan boy who had survived a shooting just seven months ago was shot and killed on a the sidewalk outside the Peaceful Valley community garden in East Harlem late Tuesday night. Family members said that Juan Otero was heading to a bodega across the street from their 117th Street home when he was shot three times in his right arm around 9:36 p.m. Tuesday night. A law enforcement official said that one of the bullets traveled through his right arm and into his stomach. He was pronounced dead at Metropolitan Hospital Center. A security camera…

By the CNN Wire Staff June 16, 2011 7:56 a.m. EDT http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/06/15/texas.giffords/index.html?hpt=hp_bn1 (CNN) — U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has been released from the hospital in Houston, Texas, and expects to begin outpatient treatment soon, according to a statement released Wednesday by TIRR Memorial Hermann. Giffords was shot in the head January 8 during a mass shooting incident in Arizona. She is expected to move into her home in League City, Texas, where she will continue rehabilitation therapy. “We are very excited that she has reached the next phase of her rehabilitation and can begin outpatient treatment,” said Dr. Gerard Francisco, the hospital’s chief medical officer. Francisco will continue to supervise…