Zings Of The Day (AAPL, LVS, BKC, F, AMZN)

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Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) announced an entire refresh to its iPod line up. This means more new products for me to spend my hard earned money on, and less money for non important things, like, the mortgage or food. Here's a link to the webcast of the event.

Degenerate gamblers unite! A news story came out today that gamblers can now gamble on their smart phones, but only when they are in Nevada. Phew, and I thought it would make work time more productive.

The king is dead, or is he? Burger King Holdings (NYSE: BKC) is in talks to be taken private by a private equity firm that has less than $50 million in assets. This ought to end well. With $50 million in the bank, 3G can order a Whopper value meal with a Dr. Pepper (they can even biggie size it!). It has to skimp on the chicken nuggets though.

Apparently everyone decided to get healthy this month, and walk to work now? Auto sales were released this afternoon, and results were weaker than expected. Sales fell on comparison's to last year's "cash for clunkers program." Shares of Ford (NYSE: F) still ended up higher on the day, despite the weakness in sales.

Amazon feels left out, boohoo. There were reports today that Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) was in talks to provide its own online subscription service, similar to what Netflix and Hulu are doing. Who ever said there's nothing good on TV was right. It's all online now.

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