* A plummeting stock price, layoffs, bankruptcy speculation … not a pretty time for Countrywide. (In the airline business, of course, they call this situation a “Tuesday.”)
* If your company can afford a luxury box at Jerry Jones’ new Dallas Cowboys stadium—heck, if you can afford the nosebleed seats—we think you’re kind of a big deal.
* Mark Cuban’s bad Casualties of War remake, called Redacted, found less traction than his dancing career. Focus on the Mavs, big guy.
* Trevor Fetter’s Tenet Healthcare may be struggling, but its stock price turned up and the patient has stopped hemorrhaging.
* It’s 2008; at least the Nigerian bank-scam artists are entertaining, MN1.com. Your penny-stock scams, not so much.
* Dallas-based luxury retailer Neiman Marcus bucked retail trends, reporting year-over-year earnings and revenue increases. For some demographics, consumer confidence is always high.