Nasdaq stock bust started a decade ago (San Francisco Chronicle) - The dot-com era peaked 10 years ago today when the tech-heavy Nasdaq index hit a high of 5,132.52 - a 570 percent gain from 1995 - only to come crashing to earth. The index now sits at 2,340.68, less than half its dot-com era high. The dot-com reckoning... Business - NASDAQ - Dot-com bubble - Major Companies - Publicly Traded

4 Web sites that will get you started with 'DRIP' investing (The Record and Herald News) - A Dividend Reinvestment Plan (DRIP) allows investors to purchase stock in a company directly. But to participate in a DRIP, you generally need to already own at least a share of a company before you can start buying stock.

Nasdaq stock bust started a decade ago (San Francisco Chronicle) - The dot-com era peaked 10 years ago today when the tech-heavy Nasdaq index hit a high of 5,132.52 - a 570 percent gain from 1995 - only to come crashing to earth. The index now sits at 2,340.68, less than half its dot-com era high. The dot-com reckoning...

Smart Moves to Secure Your Retirement (The Motley Fool) - Following rules of thumb isn't always the best move.

Metal Storm Weapons Participate in UGV Live-Fire Scenario (Marketwire) - BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA--(Marketwire - March 11, 2010) - Metal Storm Limited ( ASX : MST ) ( PINKSHEETS : MTSXY ).

Metal Storm Weapons Participate in UGV Live-Fire Scenario (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance) - BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA--(Marketwire - 03/11/10) - Metal Storm Limited (ASX: MST - News ) (Pinksheets: MTSXY - News ). Metal Storm has received video footage from the US Navy of Metal Storm weapon systems taking part in an unmanned systems-based live-fire demonstration. This footage is now being made available on the Metal Storm website. China Lake, located on the edge of California's Mojave Desert ...

Grace Groner story teaches us lessons (Lake Forester) - Grace Groner was an uncommonly wise and generous person. She died in January and is still teaching us lessons.

How to save money on tax preparations (Lawrence Journal-World) - If you do your taxes yourself, you’re in the minority, according to Consumer Reports Money Adviser. The IRS estimates that about 60 percent of taxpayers used a preparer last year.

What We Learned from the Olympics (The Pitt News) - During midterm week I had as much time to update Back to the Point as you probably had time to read it. Now that it’s break, though, it’s time to catch up on everything hockey.

A low-cost, easy winner (Moneymanager) - Index funds were once regarded as the domain of mum and dad investors with neither the know-how nor the money to access the sophisticated managed investments offered to wealthy clients. Not any more.