Worries over the economic implications of spreading swineflu could hamper the market after Mexican President FelipeCalderon

Worries over the economic implications of spreading swineflu could hamper the market after Mexican President FelipeCalderon urged people to stay home from Friday for a five-daypartial shutdown of the economy, after the World HealthOrganization said a swine flu pandemic was imminent.[ID:nSP370581] Dow component Procter & Gamble Co (PG.N) rose 1.4 percentto $51.14 in premarket trade after the consumer productscompany said it expects earnings to be in line with Wall Streetexpectations this year, even though sales could be weaker.[ID:nN30498436] In the same sector, Colgate-Palmolive Co (CL.N) postedhigher first-quarter profit on cost-cutting and higher pricing.Shares of the maker of the namesake toothpaste rose 1.6 percentto $60.67 [ID:nN30498027]. Cellphone maker Motorola Inc (MOT.N) said its quarterlyloss widened as sales missed expectations, but it forecast anarrower loss for the next quarter and plans to cut costsfurther. Motorola’s shares gained 1.5 percent to $6.05.[ID:nN30439095]. A reading from the Chicago Institute of Supply Managementon manufacturing activity is expected later in the morning.

(Reporting by Leah Schnurr; additional reporting by RyanVlastelica; editing by Jeffrey Benkoe) Stocks Funds News ETFs News.       About three weeks ago Vince Carter delivered one of his most impressive offensive performances in the past five years He scored 48 points against a pretty good Hornets team. Nobody saw this coming from Vince, but he proved that he still had something left in the tank.      Now 3 weeks later the Magic face the Hornets once again. This time the Hornets don’t have their best player in Chris Paul. Should be an easy win for the Magic right? That’s the way it seemed for three quarters of this game. The Magic kept going down low to Dwight Howard and everything seemed to be going as planned.      Then the fourth quarter began and the Magic fell apart.

All of the sudden Dwight Howard started having trouble with Aaron Gray and David West couldn’t miss a shot. So what do the Magic do? They decide to go to their so called go-to-guy Vince Carter.      There is only one problem Carter barely touched the ball the entire second half. This could’ve happened against some other team, but against the Hornets Vince should’ve had the ball from the start. The guys dropped 48 earlier in the month on the same team! Guys like Jameer Nelson, Rashard Lewis and even J.J. Redick were chucking up long distance jumpers even when it became obvious that the lead was slipping away from the Magic.       Vince started getting the ball outside the three point line with close to 4 minutes left in the game. His shot obviouslywasn’t there and the Magic went on to lose the game.

Is it Carter’s fault that he couldn’t make his shots or is it his teammates fault for not getting the ball to him earlier in the quarter?       Back in the summer when  The Magic aquired Carter they stated that they got him to be their closer, they promised that the ball would be in his hands when it was time to make a play at the end of the game. Vince is still a very dependable closer but a coach can’t expect him to make all his shots at the end of the game when he first touches the ball with four minutes to go.       Guys like Jameer Nelson, Rashard Lewis, and even J.J. Redick are all capable shooters, but none of them are closers like Carter. So if theMagic want Vince to win games for them, they need to get him involved early in the fourth quarter or they won’t be  playing, never mind winning once June comes around.  .

DURHAM, N.C.–(Business Wire)–SIMtone Corporation, a privately held company delivering Universal Computing,today announced that the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) has awarded acontract to Northrop Grumman Information Technology, Inc and EyeIT, Inc forthe SIMtone cloud computing platform. SIMtone`s Universal Computing platform is a stateless and massively scalableintelligent network computing solution that allows users to securely access dataand applications residing in any cloud from a broad array of endpoint devices.Through its patented technology, by placing intelligence in the network, SIMtoneallows firewalls to be closed to inbound traffic so that data and applicationsremain secure in corporate data centers yet are globally accessible via anydevice on any broadband connection. “Government and enterprise organizations want less cost and complexity withgreater security and accessibility. That`s what SIMtone delivers,” explainedChris Mellon, VP for Sales at SIMtone Corporation.