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The Motley Fool October 5, 2005 Jason MacGurn	Mine Safety Goes Ballistic Entering the body armor market can only help the firm's top line. But this organic expansion is only part of Mine Safety's growth strategy; it's also growing by acquisition. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool October 5, 2005 Alyce Lomax	When Halo Met Hobbits Lord of the Rings' Peter Jackson is tapped for the movie version of the Xbox hit. The Halo movie will be jointly distributed by Universal and News Corp.'s Twentieth Century Fox. Microsoft will receive $5 million up front, and up to 10% of the domestic box office take.
The Motley Fool October 5, 2005 Bill Mann	Overstock's Three Affidavits We have reviewed three affidavits undergirding Overstock's lawsuit against a short seller. Ultimately, we believe that these affidavits raise important questions for investors about the integrity of our financial system. Unlike a lot of the silliness in the media relating to Overstock, this complaint is not frivolous.
The Motley Fool October 5, 2005 Steven Mallas	Microsoft Scraps Music Plans High royalty demands from labels sink Microsoft's interest in a music subscription service. Let's hope the music companies and the online companies can work this out. Even if it doesn't propel the stock into the stratosphere, Microsoft and music subscription services would be a good fit.
The Motley Fool October 5, 2005 Rich Duprey	Candela's Options Zap Profits The aesthetic laser-maker will capitalize on an accounting rule to accelerate options vesting. The company is basing its decisions not on what's best for business, but on how to make the accounting look good. That should give investors a lot to think about.
The Motley Fool October 5, 2005 Jeremy MacNealy	Pizza Sales Pile Up Overseas With growth stagnating at home, pizza companies are heading to Asia for growth. And they're finding it. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool October 5, 2005 Brian Gorman	ADM's Biodiesel Bet Biodiesel usage is poised to rise, and Archer Daniels Midland, a major processor of agricultural commodities, is readying itself to capture the benefits.
The Motley Fool October 4, 2005 Tim Beyers	Google Finally Goofs Up It teams with Sun to challenge Microsoft Office. Yes, StarOffice is solid technically. But this is still an incredibly lame business move. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool October 4, 2005 Tom Taulli	Yahoo! Takes the High Road Google has, so far, been the big winner in Internet search, and it has served the company's ad revenue well. It stands to reason that indexing media content will meaningfully supplement its already veritable search empire. But if the company is going to make it happen, Google needs to think more like, well, Yahoo!.
The Motley Fool October 4, 2005 Alyce Lomax	HP Goes Back to the Future The company's PCs and notebooks will come equipped with Netscape software. This deal lets Netscape prove that it's still an option.
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