Investing.

EXUBERANT CALL: Piper Jaffray analyst Safa Rashtchy raises his one-year price target on Google, trading at $464 in mid January, to $600 per share.

OPEN AND SHUT: Schneider Small Cap Value (symbol SCMVX; 888-520-3277), atop performer in its group, reopens to new investors, but the fund is likely to close again soon. Meanwhile, Royce Premier shuts to new customers.

SCAM ALERT: Broker regulator NASD warns of con artists promising hefty profits from investing in avian-flu cures and vaccines.

POCKET CHANGE: Microsoft's Bill Gates ups his stake in Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway to nearly $400 million. The billionaires are pals and bridge partners.

BIG IS GOOD: Chris Davis, co-manager of Selected American Shares, says many large-company growth stocks trade at fire-sale prices. "These huge companies are strangely orphaned," he says. Turn to page 36 for our growth-stock picks.

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