On a day like this one, when the news is focused on the financial sector and the stock market is in full-scale retreat, there’s not a whole lot of value-add to provide. The Nasdaq Composite is now down about 3% on the day, dropping below the 2,200 level for the first time since September 2006. The blog provides news, analysis and original reporting on events important to investors in software, hardware, the Internet, telecommunications and related fields. Eric joined Barron’s as a feature writer in New York in 1988, after four years at the Dow Jones news wires. In 1995, he moved to California as the magazine’s first reporter in Silicon Valley, creating the Plugged In column. More Halloween News

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