Stars and Dogs for the week of Nov. 15

If you're piloting a passenger jet and a fire breaks out, you should: 1) ignore it; 2) get out the marshmallows and weenies; 3) land immediately. Answer: 3. Boeing suspended test flights of its new 787 Dreamliner - already three years behind schedule - after an electrical fire forced an emergency landing in Texas. With the jet's timetable pushed back yet again, Boeing's stock is quickly losing altitude.

Don't you hate it when you're eating a bowl of soup and you find a hair - and it's attached to a human head? Campbell Soup shareholders got a nasty surprise of their own when the company slashed its full-year forecast, citing the weak economy, competitive pricing and lower-than-expected soup purchases by U.S. consumers. Owning this stock is about as much fun as a bowl of Cream of Eyeballs.

Thigh slimmers, back smoothers, waistnippers - Maidenform sells a complete line of body-shaping undergarments that sound vaguely like medieval torture devices. Shareholders are already getting squeezed enough, thanks very much. The stock plunged after Maidenform posted quarterly results that beat Wall Street estimates but said sales to department stores were weaker than expected. Ouch.

Given Tim Hortons' enormous popularity in Canada, it's only a matter of time before it conquers the U.S. market, right? Not so fast, coffee breath. Citing lacklustre results, Tims announced the closing of 36 stores in Rhode Island, Connecticut and Maine. But judging by the stock price, shareholders were too distracted by Tims' $400-million share buyback to care.

You're a busy person. You need to be able to update your Facebook page while listening to the new Lady Gaga single and trading Belarussian interest rate swaps - while driving to work. So you'll be thrilled to know that RIM's new PlayBook tablet computer will retail for less than $500. Analysts are so excited, they're raising estimates for RIM - months before the PlayBook is even available.