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Obama Calls For An End To Oil And Gas Tax Breaks Hours After Boehner Says They Need To Pay “Their Fair Share”

Gregory White | Apr. 26, 1:36 PM | 93 | 3

Consensus?

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Turkish President Warns Netanyahu Israeli Security Hinges On Palestinian Peace Agreement

Mamta Badkar | Apr. 26, 1:32 PM | 33 | 2

Gul says status quo is “unsustainable”.

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Gold Bugs Should Beware Extermination By The Fed

The price of gold is being driven by institutional speculators borrowing at near 0% interest. Guess what will happen when Bernanke & Co. raise rates? Continue »

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Water Flow At The Colorado River Could Be Cut In Half Within 40 Years

Robert W. Johnson | Apr. 26, 1:24 PM | 47 | 2

Temperature is rising and so is population.

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It Came From eBay: The 15 Most Ridiculous Auction Items That Actually Sold

Dylan Love | Apr. 26, 1:13 PM | 5,162 |

From jail toilets to taxidermy, these are the weirdest ways people have made money.

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Women With Advanced Degrees Outnumber Men For The First Time Ever

Leah Goldman | Apr. 26, 1:12 PM | 114 | 5

10.6 million women with advanced degrees in America.

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Putin Accuses NATO Of Being In Libya For Oil And Trying To Bomb “The Mice” Out Of Qaddafi’s Palaces

Gregory White | Apr. 26, 1:10 PM | 137 | 5

Says no-fly zone has nothing to do with current nature of operation.

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Lenny Dykstra Was Bailed Out Of Jail By Charlie Sheen

Corey Nachman | Apr. 26, 1:03 PM | 477 | 1

They’re both “Vatican Assassins.”

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What Do Atlanta, Cleveland, Las Vegas, And Detroit Have In Common?

Joe Weisenthal | Apr. 26, 12:51 PM | 532 | 2

An unhappy club.

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7 Ways To Get A Salary Boost

Amy Levin-Epstein, BNET | Apr. 26, 12:40 PM | 1,743 |

Start earning what you’re worth.

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Why QE2 Isn’t Working

John Ellis | Apr. 26, 12:14 PM | 526 | 9

Off-shoring still wins.

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• China’s Health Care Reform: $173B And Counting

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• Lactalis Parmalat bid escalates Italy-France fight

  Reuters – 1 hr 6 mins ago

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  MILAN/PARIS (Reuters) – French dairy group Lactalis launched a 3.4 billion euro ($4.9 billion) takeover bid for Italy’s Parmalat , raising pressure on Italian investors who want to keep the company in domestic hands. Full Story »

• China’s Minmetals bows out to Barrick Gold’s $7.7 billion bid

  Reuters – 35 mins ago

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  SYDNEY/HONG KONG (Reuters) – China’s Minmetals Resources bowed out of the battle for copper miner Equinox Minerals on Tuesday, saying Barrick Gold Corp’s C$7.3 billion ($7.7 billion) bid was too rich to justify a counter-offer. Full Story »

• It’s growth, but not as we know it

  Reuters – Sun Apr 24, 10:31 am ET

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  NEW YORK (Reuters) – Large blue chips, including some consumer-oriented companies, will have to show they can counter sluggish developed economies by leveraging growth in emerging markets and technology — if Wall Street is to maintain earnings momentum this week. Full Story »

• Rates inch up at weekly Treasury bill auction

  AP – Mon Apr 25, 5:27 pm ET

  WASHINGTON – Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills rose slightly in Monday’s auction but still hovered close to historic lows. Full Story »

• UPS raises 2011 forecast as 1Q profit soars

  AP – 2 mins ago

  NEW YORK – UPS is raising its full-year earnings forecast after first-quarter net income rose 66 percent from a year ago. Full Story »

• Euro zone 2010 deficit down but Greece and Portugal up

  Reuters – 1 hr 13 mins ago

  BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The euro zone’s overall budget gap fell last year but deficits in Greece and Portugal were higher than expected, underlining the challenges presented by their austerity programs. Full Story »

Physical Silver Investors Are Being Hoodwinked by the Futures Market

When the bubble pops you don’t want to be holding coins.

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The 5 Things You Need To Know About The Raj Trial Right Now

Katya Wachtel | Apr. 26, 8:02 AM | 23 |

Here’s the latest.

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The Most Impressive Part Of 3M’s Smash-Hit Earnings Report

Joe Weisenthal | Apr. 26, 8:00 AM | 46 |

The US is hot!

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Companies Are Demolishing Earnings Expectations Left And Right This Morning

Joe Weisenthal | Apr. 26, 7:39 AM | 400 | 3

Wow.

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Iran Hit With New “Cyber War” Computer Virus

Robert W. Johnson | Apr. 26, 7:34 AM | 150 |

The second attack in less than a year.

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Today Could Be The Day Raj Rajaratnam Is Convicted

Courtney Comstock | Apr. 26, 7:24 AM | 6,911 | 4

Probably. But he won’t go to jail right away.

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MAP OF THE DAY: Is Your State Pension Wildly Underfunded?

Joe Weisenthal | Apr. 26, 7:23 AM | 406 | 2

Find out here!

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Politics In 60 Seconds: What You Need To Know Right Now

John Ellis | Apr. 26, 7:22 AM | 110 |

A darkening mood, “leading from behind,” and the mojo of the Muslim Bros.

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Here’s Exactly What To Expect From Tomorrow’s Fed Press Conference

Gregory White | Apr. 26, 6:51 AM | 336 | 2

Views from the key Fed watcher and Goldman Sachs.

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Asia Development Bank Warns Of Massive Food Crisis That Will Drive 200 Million Asians Into Poverty

Gus Lubin | Apr. 26, 6:49 AM | 812 | 1

And crush growth by up to 0.6 percent.

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Spanish Short Term Yields Spike And The Euro Tumbles After €2 Billion Auction

Gregory White | Apr. 26, 6:19 AM | 432 | 1

Contagion may be back.

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Huge Internet Sex Study Reveals What People Really Want

No one lies to a search engine!

6,938 | 19

• Pharma’s Most Impervious Pipeline

  The Motley Fool – Mon Apr 25, 12:30 pm ET

  As a follow-up to Friday’s look into some of the worst pharmaceutical pipelines, I felt it would be only prudent to offer a glance into possibly the most rock-solid pipeline in the business. I know some of you will look at this choice with disdain or perhaps place an asterisk next to the company, but Teva Pharmaceutical (Nasdaq: TEVA – News) is truly in a class of its own. Full Story »

Here’s what you need to know.

• Asian indices were down in overnight trading with the Nikkei dropping 1.17%. Major European indices are up and U.S. futures indicate a positive open. Check out the latest earnings news here >

• Greece’s 2010 deficit has surged over 10% of GDP range. Lars Feld, a member of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s economic council, has called on Greece to restructure its debt. Yields on two-year Greek bonds are now at 23.65%. Don’t miss: Niall Ferguson’s new presentation on the decline of the West >

• Spain sold €1.97 billion of short-term bills today. Yields on its 3-month bills rose from 0.899% in March to 1.371% today, while yields on its 6-month bills rose to 1.867% from 1.361%. Though the auctions were oversubscribed, investors are wary of contagion risk from countries like Portugal and Greece. Check out the 21 countries most likely to default >

• Swiss bank UBS reported a 17.7% drop in Q1 net profit from a year ago. Its earnings slipped 19%, but beat analyst forecasts. Don’t miss: The 17 countries facing an economy crushing demographic crisis >

• Netflix beat earnings expectations and posted Q1 earnings of $60.2 million, or $1.11 a share up. That’s up from $32.3 million, or $0.59 a share last year.

• Ford’s Q1 revenue jumped 18% to $33.1 billion. The company reported earnings of $2.6 billion or $0.61 a share and was boosted by sales of new vehicles. Here are the 15 most expensive places to buy gas in the world >

• Sony plans to launch two tablet computers in the wake of Apple’s successful iPad. The company will use Google’s Android operating system for the tablets which go on sale in fall.

• Consumer Confidence index for April will be released at 10 AM ET. Consensus is for a slight increase to 65. Follow the release at Money Game >

• Coca Cola reported Q1 EPS of $0.86, missing estimates by a cent. Revenue also came in below estimates.

• S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index will be released at 9 AM ET. Consensus if for a 3.2% drop in prices. Don’t miss: The 10 housing markets at risk of a major collapse >

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