This Week in Barron's

This week in Barron's: Find out why GE could be poised for a comeback; Now is a good time to buy into Carnival, as travel is a likely growth sector going forward; The rally in industrial-equipment stocks looks too good to last; Abbot could be a good bargain for investors looking forward

This Week in Barron's: Honeywell may be poised for a big gain; Now might be the right time to invest in a home shopping channel; States may not be able to collect sales taxes from online retailers; Some business books are getting graphic.

This Week in Barron's: Grocery chain operator, Supervalu, is on the cusp of change with some new acquisitions; 10 consumer-staples that investors would be interested in; Learn why there could be plenty of growth still in the market; Now is a good time to check out some Asian Tech companies.

This week in Barron's: Focusing on software could give Hewlett Packard a boost; High fuel prices may not stop Hyundai from growing; Mid-sized stocks are getting more popular; Heinz is weathering the storm of higher raw material costs

This Week In Barron's: Better days could lie ahead for blue chip stocks; A Hollywood jeweler is benefiting from new global demand, The public is getting a chance to fly on private jets, You may not want to control your own life insurance policy.

This Week in Barron's: Shares of 3M could soar in the coming months; Xstrata is the biggest mining company you've never heard of; the tide has turned in favor of Procter & Gamble; some analysts still remain skeptical on the strength and durability of the recovery.

What has General Mills achieved that its competitors have not in this hostile economy; With tight supplies and growing demand cotton prices seems to be headed to steady increase; Department stores and malls make resurgence with makeovers on their appearance and merchandise; Be wary of the Tablet frenzy, not all will compete with the iPad.

Apple tops Barron's Seventh Annual ranking of the world's most respected companies; It's time for big pharmaceutical companies to think smaller; it may be a good time to check in to Intercontinental Hotels Group; one way to combat higher crude oil prices is with an investment in Royal Dutch Shell.

This Week in Barron's: Discover the top Mutual Funds of 2010 and how they garnered such strong returns; Instability in Egypt opens opportunities in Canada; An acquisition by Dupont could prove profitable in the long term; Luxury didn't seem to take a hit in the downturn as fur sales stay hot.

This week in Barron's: It is likely we will see more merger and acquisition activity in the drug sector; Florida's property prices are close to half off of the bubbles peak prices, with luxury properties similarly priced; Nintendo poised to make a splash with new 3D gaming system; Investors have shied away from defense stocks as the government plans to trim defense spending but there are still values in that sector that could outlast it's cohorts.

This Week in Barron's: Stock buybacks may not be all they're cracked up to be; there are concerns over the sky-high price Salesforce.com's stock; there is still plenty of room for growth with Berkshire Hathaway; shares of Caterpillar should continue to climb.

This Week in Barron's: You may want to invest in Vodafone as a way to play the recent iPhone/Verizon Wireless news; two Exchange-Traded Funds worth considering if you want to invest in Canada; investing ideas to take advantage of rising oil prices; what members of the annual Barron's Roundtable think about the economy and the markets.

This Week in Barron's: Large-Cap stocks could be coming back into favor on Wall Street; you should allocate about 13% of your portfolio into emerging markets; it pays to diversify when investing in frontier markets; there is room for shares of Union Pacific to keep running.

This Week in Barron's: Barron's lists its top ten companies that offer the best in returns for 2011; With the travel industry rebounding, Expedia is an attractive pick going into 2011; Singular Research singles out the companies that are stingy when it comes to paying dividends; Barron's explores the iPad and the Kindle.

This week in Barron's: Cicso could be a great opportunity for the forward thinking investor; Restaurants may look appetizing to some investors but for how long?; Despite its recent growth Netflix could see a rough times ahead with increased expenses and competition; Investors unlikely to see same level of earnings from companies in 2011.