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• Law-School Rankings Lead to New Controversy - A small change in the way a magazine computes its law-school rankings could have a big impact on minority admissions.

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• Google's Earnings Jump 477% (washingtonpost.com) - washingtonpost.com - Google Inc. yesterday reported that its first-quarter profit more than quadrupled and revenue nearly doubled because of surging online ad sales. The news, disclosed after the close of the regular trading day, sparked a rally in the search engine giant's stock price.

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• Film Review: 'Enron: the Smartest Guys in the Room' (Reuters) - Reuters - Watching the downfall of Enron is like staring at a car crash on the highway -- it's ugly, but you can't take you eyes off of it.

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• Google Has Shareholders Feeling Lucky (AP) - AP - Ever since its initial public offering of stock eight months ago, Google has been churning out profits that have astounded even the most bullish analysts and propelled its already high-flying stock to new heights.

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• Commercial Helicopter Shot Down in Iraq, 11 Dead (Reuters) - Reuters - Iraqi insurgents on Thursday shot down a Bulgarian commercial helicopter with 11 people on board, including six Americans, and then said they had captured and killed the sole survivor, a Bulgarian crew member. The Russian-built Mi-8 helicopter was hit by a rocket- propelled grenade as it flew over a deserted area north of Baghdad, Bulgarian officials and the U.S. military said. It was believed to be the first downing of a civilian aircraft in Iraq.

» Real Estate Journal News

• When a Seller Threatens A Lawsuit Over an Offer - Can a buyer be sued for lowering an offer after learning a house wasn't all it seemed to be?

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• Sony, Toshiba Seek Unified DVD Format (AP) - AP - Sony Corp. and Toshiba Corp. said Thursday they are in negotiations about how to resolve their competing next-generation optical disk formats, aiming to give consumers a unified video technology.

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• Federal agencies target real estate for antitrust - More on DOJ's letter against Texas limited-service rule

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• Stocks Rally on Fed Survey, Earnings (Reuters) - Reuters - U.S. stocks surged on Thursday, with the Dow jumping by its largest amount in two years, as a regional Fed survey eased concerns about slowing economic growth while strong earnings outlooks from several companies buoyed confidence.

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• Real Estate Investing Tips - In a market this hot, home buyers and investors can easily get singed. Here's what could happen. Plus: Tips to get you through unscathed. You've heard the conventional wisdom: Don't think of your house as an investment. Think of it...

» Stock Markets

• Stocks Rally on Fed Survey, Earnings (Reuters) - Reuters - U.S. stocks surged on Thursday, with the Dow jumping by its largest amount in two years, as a regional Fed survey eased concerns about slowing economic growth while strong earnings outlooks from several companies buoyed confidence.

» U.S. Economy

• Greenspan: Budget Deficits Pose Danger (AP) - AP - On the same day that Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan issued a fresh warning about the dangers of bloated budget deficits, Congress considered new tax breaks for the energy industry and an $81 billion measure to pay for U.S. military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

» WallStreet Journal Business News

• Nasdaq Faces New Challenges - Nasdaq faces a head-on assault on its business model from the planned merger between the NYSE and Archipelago.

» Personal Finance

• Sallie Mae Profit Skids 23 Percent (AP) - AP - SLM Corp., or Sallie Mae, the nation's largest education lender, Thursday posted a 23 percent drop in first-quarter profit.

» Enterprise Software

• Web services standards efforts controlled, says Bosworth (InfoWorld) - InfoWorld - SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Former BEA Systems executive Adam Bosworth on Thursday criticized what he called the control of Web services standards development by companies such as IBM and Microsoft, who collaborated with BEA on these standards during Bosworth’s tenure.

» Real Estate for Home Buyers and Sellers

• No easy way to avoid tax on profitable vacation-home sale - Principal-residence restrictions get in the way