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DOW 8122.8 -105.30 -1.28% NASDAQ 1465.49 -41.58 -2.76% S&P 827.5 -12.74 -1.52%   Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009   WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW     Dow Sheds 100 as Microsoft, Banks Slide Stocks retreated Thursday as Microsoft layoffs and bank worries overshadowed hope for economic stimulus.....read more     Google Earnings, Sales Beat Analyst Forecasts Google posted strong fourth-quarter earnings Thursday, beating Wall Street expectations, as its Web search advertising business remained strong....read more     Beware Safe Haven Plays Find out which safe haven stocks might not be so safe, after all!read more     TODAY'S TOP 5 VIDEOS     1. Whitney Blames BofA Discussing Thain's departure and the state of financial stocks, with Meredith Whitney, Oppenheimer & Co. and CNBC's Maria Bartiromo.     2.Thain Out John Thain will leave Bank of America, reports CNBC's Charlie Gasparino; Steve Grasso, Stuart Frankel; Bob Pavlik, Banyan Partners and John Brady, MF Global     3.Chinese Crash Inevitable China's sharp decline in GDP growth is not a surprise to Julian Pendock from Senhouse Capital. "The stimulus package can cushion the blow, much like an airbag in a car, but it doesn't prevent the crash," he added.     4. Madoff's Pitch to Langone Fresh perspective on the Madoff scandal, with Ken Langone, fmr. NYSE director and Home Depot co-founder     5. Stop Trading, Listen to Cramer! Mad Money host Jim Cramer shares his stock picks with CNBC's Erin Burnett.     Click here to view all of today's top videos on CNBC.com     CNBC.com BLOG OF THE DAY     Aesop Was Wrong And Now We're Paying For It Summary: When it comes to money there are two kinds of people, grasshoppers and ants. Aesop nailed this distinction 2,500 years ago, but he messed up the moral of his story and we've been paying for it ever since. Grasshoppers are all about immediate gratification. See All CNBC.com Blogs   Watch CNBC live on your desktop. Click here to find out how.   NEWS MARKETS EARNINGS INVESTING VIDEO CNBC TV CNBC PLUS

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