Filed under: Columns , Comic Relief Living in Cincinnati, I became well-acquainted with a saying that is sometimes attributed to Mark Twain, “When the end of the world comes, I want to be in Cincinnati because it’s always twenty years behind the time.” The point is that I am used to being a bit behind on all of the goings on in the world — Cincinnati is just a bit set in its ways. That said, there is something that even Cincinnati beat the Brits to — the Snuggie. Apparently, America’s latest craze has finally moved its way across the pond and is now ready to warm Brits looking to snuggle down with a nice cup of Earl Grey tea.

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The Snuggie moves overseas: is the Snuggie indicator next?

Filed under: Forecasts , Employees , Politics , Recession Investors, like the former great New York Yankee Manager Joe Torre , now manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers, have to be both aware of the current game situation, and be a few innings ahead, working through the permutations of what might occur. With the above in mind, from an investor-relevance standpoint, what’s next on the public policy front, after health care reform?

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After health care, economy is next hurdle for Congressional Democrats, Obama administration

Filed under: Earnings reports Fastenal Company (NASDAQ: FAST ), a company that sells supplies to the construction industry and whose colleagues include W.W. Grainger (NYSE: GWW ) and MSC Industrial Direct Co

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Fastenal misses in Q3, but cash flow is okay

Filed under: Major movement , Cisco Systems (CSCO) , eBay (EBAY) , Market matters , Halliburton (HAL) , Goldman Sachs Group (GS) , Goldcorp Inc (GG) , Commodities , S and P 500 , DJIA , NASDAQ We had a lot of big names trading up to new 52 week highs again today. The overall markets were pretty flat, with the DOW closing the day down 0.14%, the NASDAQ closing the day’s trading up 0.04%, and the S&P ending the day a bit lower to finish today’s trading down 0.28%.

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Some big names setting new highs today: STAR, GG, PIR, EBAY

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Filed under: Ford Motor (F) , Goldman Sachs Group (GS) Today was another trading day bare of major economic data.

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Closing Bell: The Yo-Yo market (ENER, ITT, F, GS, UNH, RA, FIG)

Filed under: Products and services , Consumer experience , Competitive strategy , Apple Inc (AAPL) , Walt Disney (DIS) , Recession In the current economic environment, a lot of companies are cutting back costs wherever they can in hopes of boosting earnings, but entertainment giant Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS ) is taking a different approach and spending in hopes of boosting its sales .

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While others are cutting back, Disney is spending

Filed under: Analyst reports , General Electric (GE) , Time Warner (TWX) , Marketing and advertising , Walt Disney (DIS) , Viacom (VIA) , CBS Corp ‘B’ (CBS) , News Corp’B’ (NWS) , Media World According to The Hollywood Reporter , the advertising market could be ready for an upswing. Michael Morris, an analyst at UBS, is making a connection between improved sales at retail stores and a robust environment for commercials and the like.

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Will media companies benefit from a better advertising climate?