Moreover, as noted below, the precise level of long-term interest rates is not the main constraint on borrowing here.

FORBES: Has The Fed Lost Control?

After a 3 month base, the stock is trying to break out of a technical pattern that is rather attractive here as noted on the chart below.

FORBES: Quick Hit - Long Cisco

In past upgrades of Microsoft operating systems, companies have tended toward firm-wide adoption, or delayed adoption, as Aaron Suzuki at SmartDeploy noted in the article below on the reluctant move from XP to Windows 7 at many companies his firm works with.

FORBES: Windows 8 Enterprise Adoption Will Be Segmented By Users - Avanade

As the authors noted in the CAP brief, households at or below 200% of the poverty line, 38 million American households, are eligible for weatherization services provided under the WAP.

FORBES: Obama Administration Marks 1 Million Homes Weatherized Under The Stimulus

As noted last week, the Financial Select Sector SPDR ( XLF) closed below its short-term uptrend, line e, which completed what appeared to be a continuation pattern.

FORBES: Two New Market-Leading Sectors

In its statement, the Troika noted the recession would be deeper than expected and that as privatization revenue remained below expectations, no recovery was possible until at least 2013.

FORBES: Stocks Looking For Slovakia EFSF Vote

As I noted here last week, federal judges have a tendency to go easy on tax cheats, granting them below guideline sentences far more often than most other categories of offenders.

FORBES: Judge Cuts UBS Tax Cheat A Break