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• Dow eyes best month since December (Reuters)
• Bernanke says economy needs more time to heal (Reuters)
• Caterpillar profit surges as demand recovers (Reuters)
• Chevron profit rises 36 percent with oil price surge (Reuters)
• Storm clouds gather for RIM after profit warning (Reuters)
• Harbinger's Falcone gives details on SEC probes (Reuters)
• Instant View: Consumer spending, income rise in March (Reuters)
• Chevron profit rises 36 percent on high oil prices (AP)
• EU targets 16 major banks in swaps market probes (AP)
• $4-a-gallon gas may be lifting your fund portfolio (AP)
• WTO talks again hit 'brink of failure': Lamy (AFP)
• German retail sales plunge by 2.1 percent in March (AFP)
• Summary Box: Signed home contracts up in March (AP)
• Oil lifted by weak dollar, to post 8-monthly gain (Reuters)
• House Budget Chair Ryan backs cutting oil subsidies (Reuters)
• Pump prices jump to $3.91 on tightening supplies (AP)
• MBA Rankings: A Better Way (BusinessWeek)

Dow eyes best month since December (Reuters) Posted: 29 Apr 2011 09:07 AM PDT Reuters - Industrials led the Dow higher on Friday following a strong quarter and outlook from Caterpillar, and the index looked set to notch its best month since December.

Bernanke says economy needs more time to heal (Reuters) Posted: 29 Apr 2011 09:49 AM PDT Reuters - The U.S. economy is not fully recovered from its deep recession with housing still weighing on growth, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Friday in a speech on the importance of community development.

Caterpillar profit surges as demand recovers (Reuters) Posted: 29 Apr 2011 09:05 AM PDT Reuters - Caterpillar Inc recorded a fivefold profit surge and raised its 2011 profit forecast as customers bought new heavy equipment to replace old machines that aged during the economic downturn.

Chevron profit rises 36 percent with oil price surge (Reuters) Posted: 29 Apr 2011 09:15 AM PDT Reuters - Chevron Corp , the second-largest U.S. oil company, reported a larger-than-expected 36 percent rise in earnings on Friday, as oil prices surged and refining improved along with global fuel demand.

Storm clouds gather for RIM after profit warning (Reuters) Posted: 29 Apr 2011 09:59 AM PDT Reuters - Storm clouds over Research In Motion have darkened with a dismal profit warning, and the company's shares fell sharply on Friday after the company's third jolt of bad news in a month.

Harbinger's Falcone gives details on SEC probes (Reuters) Posted: 28 Apr 2011 01:21 PM PDT Reuters - Billionaire hedge fund manager Philip Falcone recently gave investors more information about three U.S. government investigations into his Harbinger Capital Partners fund firm.

Instant View: Consumer spending, income rise in March (Reuters) Posted: 29 Apr 2011 05:50 AM PDT Reuters - Rising gasoline and food prices lifted U.S. consumer spending in March and the increase in overall inflation from a year-ago was the largest in 10 months, government data showed on Friday.

Chevron profit rises 36 percent on high oil prices (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2011 09:38 AM PDT AP - Chevron Corp. said Friday its first-quarter net income rose 36 percent, the latest strong earnings report from a major oil company.

EU targets 16 major banks in swaps market probes (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2011 09:39 AM PDT AP - The European Union's competition watchdog is investigating the practices of some of the world's largest banks, as well as a clearing house and a financial data firm, in the market for credit default swaps.

$4-a-gallon gas may be lifting your fund portfolio (AP) Posted: 28 Apr 2011 02:38 PM PDT AP - Think positive. The pain you're feeling at the pump from $4-a-gallon gas may become a little easier to bear once you receive your next quarterly mutual fund statement.

WTO talks again hit 'brink of failure': Lamy (AFP) Posted: 29 Apr 2011 08:13 AM PDT AFP - The Doha round of global talks aimed at expanding free trade is on the brink of failure, World Trade Organisation chief Pascal Lamy warned on Friday.

German retail sales plunge by 2.1 percent in March (AFP) Posted: 29 Apr 2011 12:40 AM PDT AFP - German retail sales marked the biggest monthly drop in March since January 2009, provisional adjusted data showed on Friday reflecting the dampening effect of rising prices on shoppers.

Summary Box: Signed home contracts up in March (AP) Posted: 28 Apr 2011 01:13 PM PDT AP - MODEST SIGNINGS BUMP: More Americans signed contracts to buy homes in March, up 5.1 percent from February, according to the National Association of Realtors' pending home sales index released Thursday.

Oil lifted by weak dollar, to post 8-monthly gain (Reuters) Posted: 29 Apr 2011 09:46 AM PDT Reuters - Oil prices pushed higher on Friday, on pace to post its eighth consecutive monthly rise, lifted by the weak dollar and turmoil in North Africa and the Middle East that offset concerns about slowing U.S. economic growth and the threat to demand from high prices.

House Budget Chair Ryan backs cutting oil subsidies (Reuters) Posted: 29 Apr 2011 04:17 AM PDT Reuters - House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan said on Thursday he supports cutting tax breaks for the oil industry as lawmakers search for ways to battle rising gasoline prices.

Pump prices jump to $3.91 on tightening supplies (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2011 09:38 AM PDT AP - Gas pump prices across the country rose to within a dime of $4 a gallon Friday, as weather-related refinery outages tightened supplies and pushed prices up.

MBA Rankings: A Better Way (BusinessWeek) Posted: 29 Apr 2011 05:08 AM PDT BusinessWeek - To say that MBA programs have undergone significant changes over the past three decades is an understatement. There have been dramatic shifts in approaches, curricula, and the overall MBA experience, all with a decidedly student-centric focus. Media rankings, such as those published by Bloomberg Businessweek, have played an influential role in this transformation by shining a light into an insular academic world, opening it up to scrutiny and increased accountability. ...

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