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Senate President Therese Murray wants to divert a portion of the state's surplus each year to pay for life science research, new technology projects, and housing in an effort to help create and keep jobs in Massachusetts.

In the Senate budget plan, to be unveiled Wednesday, Murray will propose changing a state law that sends all excess cash to reserves so that it reroutes up to $75 million each year to four state funds that invest in technology and housing.

"We've heard over and over again that the obstacle to job growth in Massachusetts is the lack of affordable housing, and we've also heard about the need for investment in our biotech industry," Murray told the Globe. "We're second in the nation with our state fund balance. Let's take a portion and invest it in the economy rather than have it sit there earning a small amount of interest."

The first batch of money could be distributed as early as November if the state ends this fiscal year, June 30, with a large enough surplus, Senate staff members said.

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Wall St Week Ahead: Investors look for stocks pullback

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors will likely look for evidence the U.S. housing slump may be over and for signs of moderating inflation next week before deciding whether the rally in U.S. stocks since mid-March is over.

The steepest one-day drop in U.S. stocks in two months on Thursday this week gave investors pause, but signs of slowing retail sales and slowing inflation on Friday encouraged a return of confidence.

"On a short-term basis, the market is very vulnerable to a normal 3 percent, 5 percent correction," said Al Goldman, chief market strategist at A.G. Edwards in St. Louis. "I would think we would probably have a normal pause to refresh coming up."

But when or what might spark a pullback is impossible to predict, he added.

The Dow Jones industrial average (.DJI: Quote, Profile, Research and the Standard & Poor's 500 Index (.SPX: Quote, Profile, Research both rose for a sixth straight week, with the Dow setting new all-time closing and intraday highs.

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Hub International Obtains Interim Order in Connection With ...

CHICAGO -- Hub International Limited (NYSE:HBG) (TSX:HBG) announced today that it has obtained an Interim Order from the Ontario Superior Court of Justice approving the mailing of materials and the holding of a special meeting in connection with Hubs proposed acquisition by funds advised by Apax Partners together with Morgan Stanley Principal Investments.

The special meeting of Hub shareholders to approve the acquisition will be held at 10:00 a.m. (Chicago time) on Tuesday, June 5, 2007 at the CNA Conference Center located at 333 S. Wabash Street, 2nd Floor, Chicago, Illinois 60604. Hub intends to mail the meeting materials on May 7, 2007, including the notice of the meeting and proxy statement and proxy card, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on May 4, 2006.

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Economic Summits, China Trade War, and the Gold Bull Run

Numerous international events took place within the last month. The Economic Summit was held in Davos Switzerland. It convened a large collection of world renown economists, corporate chieftains, and some financial market kingpins. The G8 Meeting of finance ministers was held in Germany. Back home, USFed Chairman Bernanke issued a grave warning to the US Congress on the shattered US financial balance sheets. My commentary on money supply explosion comes next.

Lastly, the Chinese trade disputes have taken a big step toward outright trade war and protectionism. Few see how the trade war will affect gold yet. They will soon enough. Restricted trade flow always results in higher prices. It is always accompanied by a scramble for resources in today's context. This trade war will include a massive bidding war and staggering battles to build stockpiles of all critical commodities.

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New ETF Tracks Natural Gas

One year after the release of its ground-breaking exchange-traded security for following the crude oil market, Victoria Bay Asset Management has launched a vehicle for tracking the natural gas market.

The United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr), an exchange-traded security based on natural gas, launched on the American Stock Exchange Wednesday at $50 a share.

In a written statement, the California-based asset manager said the fund isn't operated to have its net asset value perfectly track changes in the dollar price of spot natural gas or any particular futures contract. Rather, the fund expects its price to reflect the daily percentage change in the price of natural gas delivered at Henry Hub, La.

The fund has an expense ratio of 0.6%. Brokerage costs for the trading of futures contracts isn't included in the expense ratio.

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Couple charged with DJ insider trades

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. regulators accused on Tuesday a husband and wife in Hong Kong of insider trading stemming from their purchases of Dow Jones & Co. Inc. shares prior to News Corp.'s $5 billion takeover bid.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said Kan King Wong and Charlotte Ka On Wong Leung "engaged in widespread and unlawful trading activity" that put them in a position to make an estimated $8.1 million profit on Dow Jones shares.

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Shoreham Grants Stock Options

TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (MARKET WIRE) -- May 10, 2007 -- Mr. David A. Bending M.Sc., P. Geo., President & CEO of Shoreham Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: SMH) announces that the board of director's of Shoreham granted 1,600,000 stock options on May 9, 2007. The exercise price of $0.45 per share is based upon the closing price of the stock on May 9, 2007. Pursuant to the Shoreham Stock Option Plan, the options will vest over a fifteen-month period, and will expire in three years.

The grants included 925,000 options to the five directors, including 675,000 options granted to three of the directors who are also senior officers. The remaining 675,000 stock options were granted to eleven consultants.

The TSX Venture Exchange has not reviewed nor accepted responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of the contents of this news release.

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Forexmentor Releases Updated Version of its Best Selling Peter ...

Forexmentor, a leading provider of premier forex trading course released enhanced and completely updated home study forex course for the 2007. Forexmentor has been selling the Peter Bain Video Currency System and Mentorship Program since 2001. The course has been sold in over 100 countries and has been purchased by thousands of individuals.

[ClickPress, Tue Mar 06 2007] Forexmentor.com, publisher of the best selling Peter Bain Video Currency Trading Course, is pleased to announce the release of its completely updated home study forex course for the 2007. Peters forex trading course, also known as The Big Dogs Forex and Mentorship Course, has taught thousands of novices and experienced trades in over 100 countries how to trade foreign currencies profitably.

My course is designed to teach all the essential aspects of foreign exchange trading in an easy to understand manner, says Peter Bain.

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Carmen Electra Attributes Slim Body To Bedroom Workout

Los Angeles, CA (BANG) - Carmen Electra knows how to keep her body looking good, while showing women how to strut their stuff and the secret to keeping men breathless in bed.

Carmen Electra keeps in shape by having sex and lapdancing.

The former "Baywatch" star - who plays a porn actress in new British film "I Want Candy" - credits her incredible body to yoga, sex and stripteases.

Carmen said in an interview with Britain's FHM magazine, "I do a lot of yoga and aerobics. Plus, you can burn a lot of calories in the bedroom too. I get a lot of guys coming up to me who have bought my striptease DVD and they thank me because their girls have learned how to give them amazing lapdances."

But despite her slim figure the model-and-actress still gorges on calorific treats.

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GM plans smaller cars for urban buyers

General Motors Corp., the world's largest automaker, plans to produce new, smaller Chevrolet cars that would compete with DaimlerChrysler AG's Smart models for younger buyers in North American cities. GM will unveil prototypes of the Trax and two other of the smaller cars April 4 at the New York International Auto Show, spokesman Michael Albano said today in an interview. The Detroit- based company hasn't decided which of the cars it will build, when they might be sold or where they would be produced. The so-called subcompacts will be about a foot shorter than the Chevrolet Aveo, which at 12.5 feet is the smallest model GM sells in North America. The Trax has a 1-liter engine, compared with the standard 1.6-liter on the Aveo. .

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Movers: Morgan Stanley reports record 70% rise in profit

NEW YORK: Morgan Stanley, the U.S. securities firm, said Wednesday that its first-quarter profit rose 70 percent to set a record thanks to trading gains and a jump in investment banking fees.

Net income climbed to $2.67 billion in the three months that ended Feb. 28 from $1.57 billion a year earlier. Profit exceeded the highest estimate of 16 analysts surveyed, and the company's stock rose the most in three years.

The chief executive, John Mack, guided Morgan Stanley to record earnings last year and first-quarter results benefited from a 35 percent increase in trading revenue, a 25 percent jump in fees from advising companies and a nearly tripled rise in investment gains. Earnings growth beat Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns.

"Extremely strong," said Bill Fitzpatrick, an analyst at Johnson Asset Management, about the best quarter at Morgan Stanley since it went public in 1986.

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ACP Media operates a national distribution network through its division Netlink Distribution Company, which distributes publications to retailers across the country. ACP Digital includes a number of websites including taste.co.nz, netguide.co.nz, magshop.co.nz, sellmefree.co.nz, autotrader.co.nz and runwayreporter.co.nz. ACP Media is a subsidiary of ACP Magazines Limited in Australia, a division of PBL Media Limited. www.acpmedia.co.nz

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Democracy vs. Growth in India

India is attempting a transformation few nations in modern history have successfully managed: liberalizing the economy within an established democratic order. It is hard to escape the impression that market interests and democratic principles are uneasily aligned in India today. The two are not inherently contradictory, but there are tensions between them that India's leaders will have to manage carefully.

Students of political economy know that market-based policies meant to increase the efficiency of the aggregate economy frequently generate short-term dislocations and resentment. In a democratic polity, this resentment often translates at the ballot box into a halt or a reversal of pro-market reforms. In the West, such tensions have remained moderate for at least three reasons: universal suffrage came to most Western democracies only after the Industrial Revolution, which meant that the poor got the right to vote only after those societies had become relatively rich; a welfare state has attended to the needs of low-income segments of the population; and the educated and the wealthy have tended to vote more than the poor.

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Consumer Tips: What About Car Insurance?

(NC)-All owners are required by law to insure vehicles driven on public roads. Some provinces and territories offer public insurance while others have insurance sold privately. Here are some basic items to consider when buying vehicle insurance: • Liability insurance is mandatory, and is used as financial protection against loss or injury caused to others while operating your vehicle. The minimum amount of insurance required differs across jurisdictions but keep in mind that skimping on liability insurance may cost you in the long run. Minimum liability will not cover the cost of an accident resulting in the injury of several people, for example, particularly in circumstances where litigation is an option. • Vehicle damage insurance, unlike liability insurance, may be optional. Damage insurance, however, is still recommended for the simple reason that damages to a vehicle will quickly add up in the event of an accident where you are at fault.

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Commercial real estate transactions

OFFICE: ESV Properties purchased a 33,000-square-foot office building at 4000 Garth Road in Baytown and an adjacent 4-acre tract for future development. Christopher Winters of Colliers International represented the seller, Garth Interests. Wade Sinclair of Claire Sinclair Properties represented the buyer.

LAND: WYAK Investments purchased 3 acres at the southeast corner of Town Park and North Course in Oak Park at Westchase Business Park from MK Equity Investments. Lane Guinn of JLM Commercial Advisors represented the buyer. Andrew Lear of Westchase Management Co. represented the seller.

LAND: Marlin Atlantis White, a Texas based development and investment company, sold 420 acres south of FM 646, west of FM 3436 and north of FM 517 in Texas City to Arete Real Estate Development, a Houston based company owned by Joe Fogarty.

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Folk tales, superstitions follow the Irish

Most Americans view St. Patrick's Day as the day on which everyone is supposed to wear green or risk getting pinched.

But many people don't know what's behind the superstition and other symbols associated with the Irish such as leprechauns, shamrocks and fairies.

The luck of the Irish is legendary, as are many of the popular ways about how to either harness or scare off good fortune.

The story about the leprechaun and the pot of gold "that you eventually get cheated out of" is probably the best-known folk tale that persists in the culture, said Eddie Holland, a musician of Irish ancestry who has performed with San Patricios, a band that performs traditional Irish music, for six years.

"Another one is the existence of mystical people known as fairies and how you must try not to upset them," Holland said.

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National Lutheran Schools Week kicks off today

St. Paul's Lutheran will join schools around the country this week in a celebration of National Lutheran Schools Week, St. Paul's Principal Robert Lange said.According to Lange, the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod boasts more than 1,000 elementary schools, 1,200 preschools and about 70 high schools. St. Paul's has an enrollment of 180 students, he said."Every staff member is dedicated to the Christ-centered, quality education of each child," St. Paul's Principal Robert Lange said in a letter to The Times. "The proof of that quality education is reflected in the caliber of students that have graduated from our school over the years."Lange has been principal at St. Paul's for more than four-and-a-half years.This year's NLSW theme is Lutheran Schools are "A Great Place to Grow."Students at St. Paul's will participate in special events this week including: 2 p.m.

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Arkansas adopts SEMA custom car title legislation

We recently reported how SEMA had helped get new kit and custom car registration legislation passed in Virginia. Well, the razorbacks didn't want their Southern rivals to get too far ahead and recently passed a similar bill of their own. Arkansas made changes to their vehicle titling and registration classifications for street rods and created a new class for custom vehicles too. The bill was recently signed into law by Governor Mike Beebe after being approved by the Arkansas State Legislature. Arkansas now defines a street rod as "an altered vehicle manufactured before 1949" and a custom as "an altered vehicle at least 25 years old and manufactured after 1948." And like the Virginia law, kit cars and replicars will get tagged as being the same model year as the car they aim to replicate. So a freshly built '32 Ford would be a 1932 Ford, and a new Cobra would be a 1960's car on the books.

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Rick Majerus: My March Madness

Florida has the same team and unless too many players have become the "newest best friends" of the Porsche dealer, I like the Gators and their 16-point margin of victory in last year's tourney to be dancing to Elton John's Crocodile Rock all the way to Atlanta.

Maryland has a pass through to the Sweet 16.

The Leprechaun (Notre Dame) will come up "Road Kill" to Winthrop, driving in from the heart of NASCAR to romp the pedal to the metal Irish.

Wisconsin has been seeded in a great lower bracket, where they stay in the same time zone at their first two sites. In St. Louis their fans will out number the Florida fans who will be saving their money to party at the Final Four. Badger faithful, better get Ticket King on speed dial.

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If Kansas loses in the first round this year, there should be an investigation.