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Turbulent Days Ahead for Bond Investors
Kiplinger Personal Finance
Remember the early 1980s, when Pac-Man and MTV were brand new? That era also marked the birth of a bond-market bull run—a three-decade stretch of strong performance that taught a generation of investors to rely on bonds for steady income and ...
Bond Affair Endures for Fund Investors Unconvinced Rally Is OverBusinessweek
Gross to Buffett Omens Disregarded as Sales Soar: Credit MarketsBloomberg
A Reason To Own BondsForbes
CNNMoney -Reuters Blogs (blog) -Seeking Alpha
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CountingPips
Virgin America soars to top of Consumer Reports airline ratings
USA TODAY
Virgin America landed at the top of the latest Consumer Reports ratings of airlines in its first appearance on the list, receiving some of the highest customer satisfaction scores any airline has in years. The airline, which debuted in 2007, got high marks in all ...
Consumer Reports: Best & worst airlinesKATU
JetBlue Proves There's a Reasonable Way to Hit Us With FeesTIME
Wealth, Lower Oil Prices, Increased Spending—Airline Stocks Headed Higher?CountingPips
SmarterTravel.com (blog) -ATWOnline
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Home sales inch up to highest level since 2009
USA TODAY
Existing-home sales rose slightly last month to reach their highest level since late 2009 while the supply of homes for sale took a big jump but still remains tight, the National Association of Realtors said Tuesday. Total existing home sales increased 0.6% to a ...
US home sales rise in AprilLos Angeles Times
US Home Sales Rise to Highest Level in More Than 3 YearsCNBC.com
Existing home sales highest in almost three-and-a-half yearsReuters
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MiamiHerald.com
Target Earnings: Outlook Cut Follows Weak Sales
Wall Street Journal
Cooler weather kept customers from buying spring merchandise at Target Corp., leading to a 29% drop in fiscal first-quarter earnings. The mass merchant may also have seen a reluctance on the part of its core lower-income customer to spend given the ...
Target earnings disappoint, retailer cuts full-year forecastLos Angeles Times
UPDATE 3-Target cuts full-year forecast after weak first quarterReuters
Target 1Q earnings fall, misses estimatesUSA TODAY
Financial Times -ValueWalk -TheStreet.com
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BBC News
It's Not a UFO! A Strange Solar-Powered Plane Is Crossing the US
Businessweek
The Solar Impulse lifts off in San Francisco Photograph by Tony Avelar/AP PhotoThe Solar Impulse lifts off in San FranciscoShortly after midnight in early May, a strange aircraft approached Phoenix's Sky Harbor International Airport. It had the wingspan of a ...
Solar-powered plane expected at DFW Airport early ThursdayFort Worth Star Telegram
Solar plane one step closer to Lambert Airport visitKSDK
Solar Plane Departs Phoenix on 2nd Leg of US TripABC News
NBCNews.com -CleanTechnica
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Toll Brothers Profit Beats Estimates as Home Orders Surge
Bloomberg
Toll Brothers Inc. (TOL), the largest U.S. luxury-home builder, reported fiscal second-quarter earnings that beat analyst estimates as demand jumped and orders reached the highest level in seven years. Net income for the three months through April was $24.7 ...
Toll Brothers fiscal 2Q profit jumps 46 percentNBCNews.com
Toll Brothers profit rises 46 pctCNBC.com
Toll Brothers Q2 Results Top EstimatesRTT News
Daily Political -Seeking Alpha -MarketWatch
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The Guardian
UK can do more to boost economy: IMF
CNNMoney
The U.K. should bring forward spending on infrastructure, such as the London Crossrail project, according to the IMF. LONDON (CNNMoney). The U.K. should spend more on infrastructure projects this year and cut corporate taxes to shore up its fragile ...
IMF Says UK Must Keep Focus on Reviving Economic Growth (1)Businessweek
IMF calls for UK government to stimulate growthThe Guardian
IMF: UK 'should offset austerity'BBC News
Reuters -Washington Post -Channel 4 News
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CNBC.com
Why BOJ Was Right Not to Talk Up Bonds
CNBC.com
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) ended a two-day meeting on Wednesday with a decision to leave monetary policy unchanged and a promise to monitor volatile bond markets in the wake of its radical monetary policy unveiled last month. Speaking at the central ...
Japan holds steady, vows market steps to curb bond turbulenceGlobe and Mail
BOJ Gov Kuroda: Will Conduct Mkt Ops Flexibly to Make Policy Take EffectWall Street Journal
BOJ Kuroda: Will respond to JGB moves with flexibility in market operationsFox Business
Financial Times -MNI News -CNNMoney
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AsiaOne
Japan nuclear reactor atop active fault: regulator
AsiaOne
TOKYO - Japan's nuclear watchdog said Wednesday that one reactor was sitting directly above an active tectonic fault, effectively ruling out a restart forever. The Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) said it had approved a report from experts which found a ...
Nuclear regulators acknowledge fault below Tsuruga reactor is activeGlobalPost

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Western NY project featured in EPA video
Wall Street Journal
TONAWANDA, N.Y. — A citizen science project monitoring pollution in western New York is featured in a new Environmental Protection Agency video. The video highlights the role citizen science has played in raising awareness about pollution from the ...
McCarthy Nomination for EPA Head: Environment Over PoliticsPublic News Service
EPA SSM proposal garners huge supportFierce Energy
EPA IG kicks off audit of Lockheed cloud projectWashington Technology
Wheeling News Register -Nature.com
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Montreal Gazette
4 falcon chicks living on NY-NJ bridge are banded
Wall Street Journal
NEW YORK — Four peregrine falcon chicks roosting high above the Hudson River on the George Washington Bridge were pronounced healthy Tuesday and fitted with tracking bands to help biologists keep tabs on them. Their mother's squawks competed ...
First Person: Baby Falcons on a New York BridgeUSA TODAY
Once Endangered Falcons Spread NYC WingsNY1
Peregrine falcons to spread their wings over the HudsonYNN Hudson Valley

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Business Today
Ex-Goldman exec seeks insider trading retrial
Wall Street Journal
NEW YORK — A lawyer for a former board member at Goldman Sachs and Procter & Gamble Co. has told a federal appeals court that his client deserves a new trial. Attorney Seth Waxman told the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday that Rajat ...
Raj lawyer wants tapes tossedNew York Post
Fallen Goldman Director Appeals for a New TrialNew York Times
Rajat Gupta seeks re-trial over insider trading caseIndian Express
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NASA 3D Printer Project Explores Frontier of Food in Space [VIDEO]
Latinos Post
Similar to the ubiquitous food replicators in the fictional but inspiring universe of Star Trek, the idea of creating food with a 3D printer is just on the horizon --- or starting to heat up on the burner, as it were. Anjan Contractor, a mechanical engineer employed by ...
NASA is funding a 3D food printer, and it'll start with pizzaThe Verge
Nasa tries recipe for Star Trek replicatorsFinancial Times
Pizza from a printer: NASA to spend $125000 funding 3D food production projectRT
DigitalJournal.com -Cleveland Leader -VentureBeat
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Los Angeles Times
BofA, JPMorgan say they have fulfilled mortgage settlement terms
Los Angeles Times
Bank of America Corp. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. say they have satisfied their obligations to help troubled borrowers under last year's landmark mortgage settlement with state and federal officials. Another bank that signed the settlement, Wells Fargo & Co.
Monitor Checking Into Violations of Mortgage SettlementWall Street Journal
Mortgage settlement brings relief to 25K in IllinoisChicago Tribune
Mortgage aid in Massachusetts at $610 millionBoston Globe
Denver Business Journal -Triangle Business Journal -Denver Post
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Montreal Gazette
Buffett, With His Magic Touch, May Be Irreplaceable
CNBC.com
Acquisitions usually come with a nice premium for the seller. But when Warren E. Buffett is the buyer, there is typically something of a discount. The ability to make acquisitions on favorable terms is a testament to Mr. Buffett's personality and skills as a deal ...
Buffett Jets Chief Says US Leads Private-Flight ReboundBloomberg
Wells Fargo overtakes Coke as Buffett's favoriteMarketWatch
Warren Buffett's "Two-Column Valuation Method"NASDAQ
San Francisco Chronicle -Globe and Mail -Adweek
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Bloomberg
Japan Exports Miss Estimates Even After Yen Slides to 4-Year Low
Bloomberg
Japan's exports missed estimates in April and the trade deficit swelled, highlighting weakness in global demand that may weigh on efforts to revive the world's third-biggest economy. Overseas shipments rose 3.8 percent from a year earlier, the Finance ...
UPDATE 1-Japan exports disappoint, full benefits of weak yen yet to showReuters
Japanese trade deficit widensFinancial Times
Japan's trade deficit widens as imports surgeMarketWatch
Washington Post -Monterey County Herald
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Philly.com
In Europe, a Fed President Urges Quantitative Easing
New York Times
FRANKFURT — A top official of the Federal Reserve on Tuesday urged the European Central Bank to take more aggressive action to restart growth, warning that the euro area risked becoming mired in the same kind of economic stagnation that has plagued ...
Dollar Lower After Two-Day Drop Versus Euro Before BernankeBloomberg
Bernanke Expected to Deliver Dovish MessageCNBC.com
US Dollar Outlook Hinges on Bernanke's TestimonyWall Street Journal
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Economic Times
Sony Increases on Report Company May Discuss Spinoff (1)
Businessweek
Sony Corp. (6758) rose as much as 10 percent in the U.S after Japan's Nikkei newspaper reported the company's board may discuss spinning off its entertainment division. American depositary receipts in Tokyo-based Sony rose 9.5 percent to $22.97 at 3:39 ...
Is Sony un-Japanese enough to entertain change?Reuters India
Spinoff Proposal Talk Sends Sony Shares Higher - CNBC.comCNBC.com (blog)
Sony listens to spin-off plan for movie, music divisionGlobe and Mail

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Saks Inc. (SKS) Is Rising After Strategic Alternative Reports
RTT News
The New York Post reported Tuesday that Saks Inc. (SKS: Quote) has hired Goldman Sachs to explore strategic alternatives, including a possible sale of the company. The stock is now up 2.53 on 3 million shares after the bell. Saks gapped open higher ...

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USA TODAY
ESPN Cutting Workforce, 'Smartly Managing Costs'
ABC News
ESPN is cutting its workforce, the latest Disney division to reduce staff. "We are implementing changes across the company to enhance our continued growth while smartly managing costs," the sports media giant said in a statement Tuesday. "While difficult ...
Walt Disney Co.'s ESPN says it is cutting staffLos Angeles Times
Disney's ESPN Trims Fewer Than 400 Jobs Amid Companywide CutsBloomberg
ESPN Begins Hundreds of LayoffsAdAge.com
Adweek -MSN Money -Hollywood Reporter
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