Sean Penn is serious about Haiti. He and director Paul Haggis combined their charitable efforts last night with supermodel Petra Nemcova?s HelpingHands.org, and they raised over $1 million at an elegant, fun dinner packed with A list names. ?? In the big Argo ?tent? that caters dinners behind the Palais: Gerard Butler, Jessica Chastain, , …

After several weeks of declining stock prices, major averages are now close to major support. This relentless selling should be followed by some significant buying, but MoneyShow’s Tom Aspray recommends that you stick with high-quality stocks that are performing better than the overall market.

It has been a punishing last six weeks or so in the stock market. The selling was pretty relentless all week, and early rally attempts fizzled quickly. I have been noting the deterioration in the technical picture since late March, when I warned: “The risk of a deeper correction remains high.”

Stocks continued to act pretty well during the month of April, but as the month came to a close, the enthusiasm over the earnings of Apple (AAPL) made me even more nervous about the market’s prospects. Adding to my concern were the upcoming elections in Europe, which had me wondering “Will Europe Spoil Apple’s Party?”

Now that the markets have answered the question, what can we expect in the coming months and what should investors be doing?

Listen. Observe. Share. I?m telling you from experience, it?s that simple. You can thrive both personally and professionally if you actively listened, observed and shared. So what does that mean? First, you have to recognize that there is a wealth of insight, knowledge and connection ready to be seized all around you. When you truly …

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Nokia’s investors have long had reason to worry, and new analysis points to trouble ahead. Can Windows Phone turn things around?

Facebook’s IPO brings the world’s most popular social network into Wall Street’s big league. After a wild ride, Facebook’s future depends on profiting from an increasingly mobile user base.

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Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff says as social enterprise trend diversifies company’s sales, he’s hiring aggressively to keep up with customer demand.

Unless HP can turn enterprise software, cloud services, or some other line into a high-volume, high-margin business, it’s in for a world of hurt.