In April 2000, AT&T Wireless (T) unveiled the largest IPO in American history, raising $10.6 billion. A little more than a year later, Kraft Foods (KFT) released an IPO that raised $8.7 billion, pushing the new stock issue up 40% in one year.

Shockingly enough, this is the 20th outbreak of E. coli since 1995, half of which originated from California farms.

The FDA's Dr. David Acheson said that tougher regulations would most likely be necessary to curb these dangerous diseases that can be better avoided. He stated simply, "There are some longer-term issues that need to be addressed."

But a company called LifeCell Corp. (LIFC) is extending the amount of time that skin grafts may be used for medical procedures. LifeCell makes human-derived tissue-based grafts for use in reconstructive, orthopedic, and urogynecologic surgery. The grafts made from 6,000 tissue samples provided to LIFC annually are frozen and available for use for an entire year.

• Nintendo’s (NTDOY.PK) Wii, an interactive console that looks like a remote and works as a bat for baseball games and a golf club for golf games.
• Against the third generation Sony (SNE) Playstation, the PS3, which includes Blu-Ray and Wi-Fi technology.
• Against Microsoft’s (MSFT) Xbox 360, which has online service.

With all these choices, what company can you bank on as a good holiday investment? Sony stock price continues to fall and Microsoft is too big of a company to buy shares based upon its game console success. Nintendo is nothing but a pink sheet offering.