Smith Micro Software (NASDAQ:SMSI) shares were punished yesterday by a huge -25% selloff for lowering its forward revenue numbers. Smith Micro shares are picking themselves off the ground in a bloody mess up 2% for a TGIF trading session.  SMSI had a wipe out yesterday of $64 million in market cap. Could the selloff be a bit too much? Since when is being honest and unsure worth 1/4 of your company's share price?  Apparently investors could not handle the truth.

Happy Friday, it's time to kick back, relax, stop thinking about the Stock Market for five minutes and watch this Women's Soccer Cat Fight.  This takes grabbing pony-tails to a whole new level and sport, enjoy.

Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) has been batting 1,000 lately and after reporting a solid Q4 2009 this afternoon, shares are on a tear up almost 5% after hours flying in the $20.50 range. 
Its a new 52-week high for Starbucks and tomorrow you can bet the rally will continue, SBUX is back baby.

Shares of Whole Foods Market, Inc. (Public, NASDAQ:WFMI) are crashing back to reality today, as the stock sheds 13% on dissapointing guidance.

(thestreet.com) Has Whole Foods Market "turned the sales corner," as its CEO suggests? Investors don't seem to think so.
Shares of the organic grocer are tanking 12% to $28.21 a day after it posted a surge in third-quarter profit.

Investors fear continued economic pressure and the price war between grocers will not bode well for the remainder of the year.

Titanium Metals Corporation (Public, NYSE:TIE) is one of few companies who haven't benefited much from this year's bull run.

The reason is because Titanium demand runs in cycles. Notice in the chart on the right, Titanium has literally nosedived in the past 3 years, falling from $30 down to around $8 today.

Of course this has a huge impact on Titanium Metals Corporation's bottom line.

But there is hope that Titanium prices will pick up, and soon.

The commercial aerospace industry accounts for 50% of titanium demand. When Boeing

Never trust a big butt and a smile.  "There’s a big difference between a too-big-to-fail bank and a too-big-to-fail automaker: leverage. GM’s failure would have devastating repercussions in terms of midwestern unemployment, which is why the US government bailed it out. But it wouldn’t threaten the international financial architecture in the way that the failure of RBS would. So the world’s taxpayers have more interest in shrinking RBS than they do in shrinking GM."

Greed is Good for Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS).  The company's Q3 trading record: In 64 trading days, it lost money on just one, and made more than $100 million per day on 36 days - down from 46 in Q2. 

The big jump in the chart on the left is the Windows 7 effect that PC makers Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) and Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL) have been waiting for.

Data for the week ending October 24th, which included three days of Windows 7 sales, reflect PC sales jumping 40% yoy.

Which PC Maker should you invest your hard earned dollar in - HPQ or DELL?

The case for DELL:

Two Words summarize DELL - Balance

Stewart not only skewered Fox for this defense and editorializing during their designated news hours, but also took on the Obama administration for saying they are speaking "truth to power" by fighting with Fox. Stewart pointed out that they are in fact the power: "It's your job to f*ck up power, it's Fox's job to f*ck up truth."

Got a quarter? You're in luck, you can buy one share of CIT Group (NYSE:CIT). CIT shares are down 63% since last Friday and doomed thanks to the company's filing for the 5th largest U.S. bankruptcy on Sunday.   Thank you U.S. Taxpayer, remember how we forked out $2.3 billion in TARP funds to buy CIT's common stock, those same shares that are valued at 25 Cents today? Well, kiss that money good-bye thanks to CIT's Chapter 11 filing, we aren't getting a penny back, that's right, welcome to..