TOP STORIES
Sen. Dodd’s regulatory rewrite – Washington Post
Concerns About Greece Return to the Markets – AP
Great Britain Stars in Its Own Greek Tragedy – Spiegel Online
Jim Cramer’s TheStreet Is Being Investigated By The SEC – Zero Hedge
More homeowners are opting for ’strategic defaults’ – LA Times
So You Want to Walk Away from the Mortgage… – WSJ
Marc Faber: We Have a New Gold Standard – CNBC
Elizabeth Warren’s war – Fortune
MARKETS/INVESTING
Oil futures edge lower as dollar gains – MarketWatch
Gold steadies as haven buying offsets weak euro – Reuters
Rally on: Dow hits highest level since October 2008 – LA Times
Oil Has $88 a Barrel as Next ‘Port of Call’: Technical Analysis – Bloomberg
Rick Rule: Systemic Shock Will Kill Sucker Rally – Gold Report
Letters that foresaw 2008 crash are skeptical – MarketWatch
ECONOMY
Jobless Claims Down, CPI Tame Amid Slow Recovery – CNBC
Researchers see more gains to come in the economy – MarketWatch
New trend: ‘Co-working,’ where people share office space – USA Today
44 of 172 Detroit schools slated to close in June – AP
Congress passes a jobs bill. Good for it. – Time
INTERNATIONAL
Greece threatens to call in IMF as Europe dithers – Telegraph
U.S. Ambassador Calls China’s Currency Stance ‘a Real Concern’ – NY Times
Canada Plays Down Concerns as Currency Approaches U.S. Parity – Bloomberg
How will an RMB revaluation affect China, the US, and the world? – China Financial Markets
Germany Seeks IMF Role for Greece in Reversal, Lawmaker Says – Bloomberg
‘The EU Has Made Things Too Easy for the Greeks’ – Spiegel Online
German Call for Austerity Has Europe Grumbling – NY Times
Japan Commercial Land Prices Slump to Record – Bloomberg
REAL ESTATE
More investors buy at repo auctions – O.C. Register
TARP Inspector Barofsky Puts HAMP Under the Microscope – Housing Wire
Bank supervision and the Federal Reserve – EconBrowser
The Home-Buyer Tax Credit Countdowns Begin – WSJ
FED/TREASURY/BANKING
Gov’t bank auditors got big bonuses – AP
Bernanke Says Dodd Plan Would Harm Fed’s Ability to Spot Risks – Bloomberg
Why Dodd’s Financial Reform Bill Is A Lesson On How ‘Broken’ The Senate Is – HuffPo
Bernanke and the Fed say they’re gonna get it right…next time! – MarketWatch
Would Fed Become the ‘Too-Big-To-Fail Regulator’? – WSJ
INTERESTING
Obama plays it safe, picks Kansas in NCAAs – UPI
Trump is reviving ‘Apprentice’ with regular folks – AP
Germans Cringe at Hitler’s Popularity in Pakistan – Spiegel Online
Airline crew face jail over sexy texts – Reuters











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