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05/01

Affluent investors fret over U.S. losing its edge Marketwatch / Thomas Kostigen

Dow Jones mulls Murdoch offer; family to reject Marketwatch / David B. Wilkerson & Russ Britt

Vonage Asks Appeals Court to Toss Out Verizon Verdict Bloomberg / Jeff St.Onge

Can the "Axis of Oil" Topple the US Dollar? SirChartsAlot via Safehaven / Gary Dorsch

UK: Three Strikes and Out Pimco / Mike Amey

Dow Jones's Bancroft Family Rejects Murdoch's Offer Bloomberg / Cecile Daurat and Leon Lazaroff

Dow hits record again CNN / Alexandra Twin

The bad boys of oil CNN / Steve Hargreaves

2006 Annual Report Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

2006 Annual Report Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

Dropping Out Forbes / Elisabeth Eaves

Wolfowitz hints he may be prepared to resign Guardian / Richard Adams

Gold futures fall over $6, but copper ends higher Marketwatch / Myra P. Saefong

U.S. April auto sales tumble, housing a worry Reuters / Kevin Krolicki

Treasuries Fall as Factory Growth Accelerates; Curve Flattens Bloomberg / Elizabeth Stanton and Kim-Mai Cutler

Murdoch Goes For Dow Forbes / Joshua Lipton

Ford Reports Weak Sales in April AP via Forbes / Tom Krisher

Stocks fall on manufacturing, home data AP via Beaufort Gazette / Madlen Read

News Corp. makes unsolicited bid for Dow Jones Houston Chronicle

Embracing the Challenge of Free Trade: Competing and Prospering in a Global Economy Federal Reserve Board / Ben S. Bernanke

Bernanke--Trade's overall effect on US jobs: "none" Reuters

Bernanke raps economic isolationism AP via Seattle Post Intelligencer / Martin Crutsinger

Bernanke Warns Against Any U.S. `Retreat Into Protectionism' Bloomberg / Scott Lanman and Vivien Lou Chen

Pending Home Sales Reuters

Pending Sales of Existing Homes in U.S. Fell in March Bloomberg / Bob Willis

The End of Supply-Side? Daily Standard / Irwin M. Stelzer

U.S. gold, silver fall early despite weak dollar Reuters

Qwest profits nearly triple AP via Denver Post / Sandy Shore

Morgan Stanley CFO to Retire AP via Forbes

U.S. April ISM Manufacturing Index Rises to 54.7 From 50.9 Bloomberg / Courtney Schlisserman

Deficit Attention Syndrome Contrary Investor via Safehaven

Tuesday’s Stocktiming.com Analysis Stocktiming.com / Marty Chenard

Vice Fund$ Nice NY Post / Paul Tharp

Merrill Lynch: Bullish on Buybacks CFO.com / Stephen Taub

CA: Housing bust leaves Valley in the lurch Sacramento Bee / Dale Kasler and Jim Wasserman

Warnings On Student Lenders Unheeded Washington Post / Amit R. Paley

U.S. Stocks Advance, Led by Avon and Qwest on Earnings Reports Bloomberg / Eric Martin and Nick Baker

Want to be your own broker? Here's some help MSNBC / Herb Weisbaum

Federal Reserve Events Reuters

U.S.-China gap widening LA Times / Scott Wilson

U.S. Notes Little Changed Before Data on Manufacturing, Housing Bloomberg / Gavin Finch and Kevin Lim

Islamic Bond Fatwas Surge on Million-Dollar Scholars Bloomberg / Will McSheehy and Shanthy Nambiar

Lessening oil's value to curb demand Newsday / Mark Harrington

Sallie Mae Buyout May Ride on Democrats' Subsidy Plan Bloomberg / Brian Faler

Euro Hits Record High Against Yen AP via Forbes

April Sales Slightly Down in '07 Bond Buyer / Matthew Hudson

Accounting Said to Hide Lender Losses NY Times / Lynnley Browning

Hungry for risk? Marketwatch / Mark Hulbert

Hedge funds are Royal Bank of Scotland's new best friends. Best not to get too close Independent / Jeremy Warner

It’s Personal Up in the Stratosphere NY Times / Julia Werdigier

Tales of the Fortune 500 Marketwatch / Marshall Loeb

'The Singularity' is already here! Marketwatch / Paul B. Farrell

Administration Proposes Expanded Energy Drilling NY Times / Edmund L. Andrews

Venezuela 'to withdraw from IMF' BBC News

Japan's Wages Drop, Limiting Consumer Spending Growth Bloomberg / Lily Nonomiya

Dollar Trades Near Record Low Versus Euro Before Housing Report Bloomberg / Kosuke Goto and David McIntyre

Oil Falls a Second Day as Reduced Refining Fills Stockpiles Bloomberg / Hector Forster and Gavin Evans

05/02

Insight: The bullish case for the US economy $ FT / Abby Joseph Cohen

US bond markets $ FT / John Authers

Hedge fund study suggests parallels with LTCM crisis Marketwatch / Alistair Barr

A.G. Edwards settles mutual-fund timing case Marketwatch / Jonathan Burton

Federal Reserve is contacting 10,000 families to get data on household finances AP via San Diego Union Tribune / Martin Crutsinger

Political donors' deep pockets can hold sticky details for candidates LA Times / Walter F. Roche Jr. and Michael A. Hiltzik

Symantec Profit Tops Analysts' Estimates; Shares Rise Bloomberg / Dina Bass

MO: Perhaps housing slump here won't hurt quite so much St. Louis Post Dispatch / David Nicklaus

Canada: Opening Statement to the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce Bank of Canada / David Dodge

The Panic of 1907 Progress Report via Fiend’s Super Bear Page / Fred E. Foldvary

Oil prices steady at under $64 a barrel AP via Houston Chronicle

Oil-field workers striking it rich AP via Houston Chronicle / Tom Fowler

Fed officials see obstacles to lower inflation-WSJ Reuters

Big US mortgage firms won't back subprime principles Reuters

Stocks Bag Broad Gains Investors Business Daily

Stocks Jump As Dow Passes 13,200 AP via LA Times / Tim Paradis

Soaring Gas Prices Already Near Highs, And It's Not The Top Investors Business Daily / Ronald H. Gold

US SWAPS-Spreads narrow, investors await U.S. payrolls data Reuters

Treasuries Fall as Factory Orders Increase; Yield Curve Is Flat Bloomberg / Elizabeth Stanton

Study: Job of motherhood worth $138K a year Reuters via CNN

BoE's King tells FT secret of good monetary policy Reuters

Prudential 1Q Profit Soars 52 Percent AP via Forbes / Jeffrey Gold

Economists wonder when U.S. job machine will slow Reuters / Joanne Morrison

U.S. Stocks Advance on Earnings; S&P 500 Climbs to 6-Year High Bloomberg / Eric Martin

Measuring Risk in the Hedge Fund Sector Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Lehman to run fixed-income from London FT / Ben White

Treasurys slip after factory report CNN

Wednesday’s Stocktiming.com Analysis Stocktiming.com / Marty Chenard

Stocks rally with media deals at center stage Marketwatch / Nick Godt and Leslie Wines

Detroit's darkest hour Fortune via CNN / Alex Taylor III

Dollar hits two-month high vs. yen Marketwatch / Wanfeng Zhou

Gold Price Manipulation Gold Forecaster via Safehaven / Julian D. W. Phillips

Resentment Against Luxury Lew Rockwell / Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.

ADP report finds weakest job growth in four years Marketwatch / Rex Nutting

Layoff plans jump 44% to 70,672, Challenger says Marketwatch / Rex Nutting

Oil futures trade near two-week low Marketwatch / Myra P. Saefong

Purchase Applications Increase and Refinance Applications Decrease in Latest MBA Survey Mortgage Bankers Association

Stocks surge on earnings, deals CNN

Blockbuster 1Q Loss Widens AP via Philadelphia Inquirer

The man behind the empire Newsday / Tom Incantalupo

Treasuries Little Changed as Private-Sector Job Growth Slows Bloomberg / Elizabeth Stanton

Treasury Will Discontinue 3-Year Notes AP via Baltimore Sun / Martin Crutsinger

U.S. Muni Issuers Prepare to Debate Tower Amendment Bloomberg / Joe