04-Aug-2012 20:33

US added 163000 jobs in July; unemployment rate ticks up to 8.3 percent - Washington Post :: http://www.washingtonpost.com/us-added-163000-jobs-in-july-unemployment-rate-ticks-up-to-83-percent/2012/08/03/ee10172a-dd68-11e1-8e43-4a3c4375504a_story.html

Berkshire Profit Falls 9 Percent on Buffett's Derivatives Bets - Bloomberg :: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-03/berkshire-profit-falls-9-percent-on-buffett-s-derivatives-bets.html

First Midwest Snaps Up Failed Bank - TheStreet.com :: http://www.thestreet.com/story/11652455/1/first-midwest-snaps-up-failed-bank.html

farmers markets up due to demand - WTOP :: http://www.wtop.com/628/2977352/Farmers-markets-up-due-to-demand

Refinery Problems, Spill Drive Gas Prices - Stacey Page Online :: http://www.staceypageonline.com/2012/08/04/refinery-problems-spill-drive-gas-prices/

Spanish former leaders decline leaving bonuses - AFP :: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5i_gpVhkZM7kMqNmuBA2t2ovq1V6w?docId%3DCNG.f92b1f99540ae4c7bda16be249b1c97a.61

UPDATE 2-Pirates attack ship off Nigeria, kidnap 4 foreigners - Chicago Tribune :: http://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-rt-nigeria-pirates--update-2l6e8j44f2-20120804,0,2658086.story

Europe stocks revive week-long rally, US jobs eyed - Economic Times :: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/global-markets/europe-stocks-revive-week-long-rally-u-s-jobs-eyed/articleshow/15355895.cms

Examining risk controls at Knight Capital - Chicago Tribune :: http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-08-03/business/sns-rt-us-sec-knightbre8721ne-20120803_1_flash-crash-market-access-rule-sec-chairman-mary-schapiro

Treasury says to raise $5 billion from AIG stock sale - Chicago Tribune :: http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-08-03/business/sns-rt-us-usa-aigbre8721p9-20120803_1_aig-stock-sale-bailed-out-insurer-treasury