A few morsels of infotainment:

- If you’re afraid your credit company will profile you as a ne’er-do-well, here’s a few things you should never put on your charge card. In other words, if you decide to take your personal masseuses on a booze binge/tire-retreading spree, pay ca$h. (h/t WallStreetFighter)

- Which retailers are giving the deepest discounts? (Funny, we were thinking the answer to that was “all of them.”)

- FTAlphaville updates us with the latest on the Goldman stolen code OMG SCANDAL. Hey, look, there’s lawyers involved

- The Reformed Broker brings you The Man Who Failed The World, also known as Joe Cassano of AIG Failnancial Products. Who knew that much evil could be contained within a little Peugeot?

- SEC declares the California IOUs to be investment products, opens a whole new can of worms.

And finally – how much more interesting would CNBC be if they had this technology: