Minyanville Morning MemoOne to Watch: The Wall Street Journal reports Dell (DELL) may make a play for your pocketbook with a pocket-sized Internet device. The world’s second largest PC maker has slipped since its direct sales salad days but tech stocks have outperformed of late and this could get the attention of a market preparing to hit the beach. “My name is Michael I got a nickle ” sang a song from the '70s. Mr. Dell has much more than that; the company's sitting on a cash hoard of over $10 billion. Deploy it right and former glories if not market ...

The downbeat economy appears to be driving demand for ketchup pasta sauce and soup as consumers prepare more meals at home in an effort to stretch a buck. H.J. Heinz (HNZ) is benefiting from this trend and beat analysts’ earnings estimates for the quarter ended January 28. The company’s earnings rose to $242.3 million or $0.76 a share from $218.5 million or $0.68 a share in the third quarter a year ago. Analysts expected the company to earn $0.65 a share. Heinz said ketchup sales rose 9% an impressive performance for the world’s blandest condiment that market gurus once ...

Every day thereâ??s a victim of the recession, and Tuesday showed the latest: foreign fast-food restaurants.