The News is News

The big news today has been pointed more towards the media than the market. "Who will fill the dazzling Katie Couric's shoes?" Even the Wall Street Journal has had an eye on her replacement. And her replacement is...(drumroll please)...Meredith Vieira! The popular View host has enormous shoes to fill, but is excited about the challenge. This sudden switch will challenge both NBC's and CBS's news programs. The Dow was slightly down today. Tomorrow marks the day for the March employment report, and trading slowded down to a crawl this afternoon as investors began to prepare for either good or bad news. Merck didn't help much, falling as a result of many lawsuits against Vioxx. How do you think Merck should handle these accusations? Vote here. DJIA: -23.05 Nasdaq: +1.42 S&P 500: -2.52