Summary: This Week in Barron's: retail spinoff, Land's End, isn't looking so golden after its first full week of trading since departing the troubled Sears holdings; discarded fire hoses are finding new life as repurposed material for home goods and even clothing by designers; Investors looking for deals may consider one of the top breakfast cereal makers as they continue to bolster their business with breakfast alternative products; Procter & Gamble has paid out dividends for the 58th consecutive year and they are not alone as the dividend makes a comeback.
