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Spain's lender Bankia says it won't need more aid

HAROLD HECKLE - AP - 3 mins ago

MADRID (AP) — The president of Bankia tried Saturday to calm fears about the future of the bank, saying Spain's second largest mortgage lender will emerge as a solid financial entity after it receives €23.5 billion ($29.5 billion) in state aid in the country's biggest-ever bank bailout. (full story)

Greeneville Livestock Auction

USDA - 25 mins ago

NV_LS161 Nashville, TN Sat May 26, 2012 USDA-TN Dept of Ag Market News Greeneville, Greeneville, TN Weighted Average Report for Saturday May 26, 2012 Cattle Receipts: 175 Last week: 437 Last year: 200 Trends: According to the Federal-State Market News... (full story)

GRAIN TECHNICALS: CORN, SOYBEANS, WHEAT

Matt McKinney - Zaner - 1 hr 9 mins ago

This article will focus on the technical formations setting up in the CORN, SOYBEANS, AND WHEAT. (full story)

Austrian finance minister: No to eurobonds

AP - 1 hr 41 mins ago

VIENNA (AP) — Austria's finance minister is rejecting the idea of introducing jointly issued eurobonds any time soon and says that running up new debts to finance growth is "nonsense." (full story)

Ohio casinos will cut into nearby states' winnings

JOHN SEEWER - AP - 1 hr 52 mins ago

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Ohio's entry into casino gambling this spring isn't good news for its neighboring states. (full story)

Job, economy fears mix with hope for Class of '12

SHARON COHEN - AP - 1 hr 56 mins ago

It's a time when hope collides with economic reality, when the relief of that last class and the thrill of holding that diploma give way to the next big step — finding a job. (full story)

Embittered Facebook investors ponder next move

CHRISTINA REXRODE - AP - 7 mins ago

To say that Facebook's debut as a public company was bungled is something like saying Facebook is a website you might have heard of. (full story)

Smithfield Livestock Auction

USDA - 2 hrs 44 mins ago

AG_LS143 Salt Lake City Utah, May 25, 2012 USDA/UT Dept of Ag Market News Smithfield Livestock Auction ... (full story)

Salina Livestock Auction

USDA - Sat May 26, 10:15AM CDT

AG_LS140 Salt Lake City, Utah May 23, 2012 USDA/UT Dept of Ag Market News Producers Livestock Auction, Salina, Utah Tuesday, May 22, 2012 Receipts: 828; ... (full story)

Weber Livestock Auction

USDA - Sat May 26, 10:15AM CDT

AG LS 141 Salt Lake City, Utah May 23, 2012 USDA-Utah Dept of Ag Market News Anderson Livestock Auction, Willard, May 22, ... (full story)

Weekly S&P Report(61)

Sean Lusk - PFGBest - 11 mins ago

Weekly S and P Report Comments By Sean Lusk, PFGBEST 1 877 294 7757slusk@PFGBEST.com May 25, 2012 E Mini S&P settles 1315.00 up 24.25 For the week ended (5 21 5 25) Stock indices posted their first weekly gain (full story)

Chester casino seeks gains in crowded Pa. market

PATRICK WALTERS - AP - Sat May 26, 9:46AM CDT

CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — When Harrah's Chester Casino & Racetrack opened its doors in this struggling city in January 2007, it was the state's third casino, a novelty that pulled in Philadelphia-area gamblers thrilled not to have to drive to Atlantic City. (full story)

Germany's Grass blasts treatment of Greece

AP - Sat May 26, 8:01AM CDT

BERLIN (AP) — German Nobel literature laureate Guenter Grass has criticized Greece's treatment by its fellow European nations in the debt crisis, describing it in a new poem published Saturday as a "country sentenced to poverty." (full story)

FACT CHECK: Obama off on thrifty spending claim

ANDREW TAYLOR - AP - Sat May 26, 7:36AM CDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is aggressively pushing the idea that, contrary to widespread belief, President Barack Obama is tightfisted with taxpayer dollars. To back it up, the administration cites a media report that claims federal spending is rising at the slowest pace since the Eisenhower years. (full story)

For something so simple, pasta is serious business

NICOLE WINFIELD - AP - Sat May 26, 7:10AM CDT

ROME (AP) — They twirled, they sniffed, they slurped, they chewed. (full story)

IMF chief Lagarde: Little sympathy for Greece

MEERA SELVA - AP - Sat May 26, 6:45AM CDT

LONDON (AP) — International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde says she has more sympathy for poor African children than Greeks suffering under the country's economic problems and austerity measures. (full story)

'Yes' side to EU treaty holds lead in Irish poll

SHAWN POGATCHNIK - AP - Sat May 26, 4:45AM CDT

DUBLIN (AP) — A majority of voters plan to say "yes" next week to the European Union fiscal treaty, a new poll suggested Saturday, but the prime minister warned pro-treaty voters not to be complacent because he expects the gap to narrow in the final days of campaigning. (full story)

Barbara Graves, wife of prominent publisher, dies

JESSICA GRESKO - AP - Fri May 25, 10:34PM CDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Barbara Kydd Graves, the wife of the publisher of Black Enterprise Magazine who aided in the growth of the publication and media company, died Friday. (full story)

Bud weakens to tropical storm off Mexico's coast

LORENA MOGUEL - AP - Fri May 25, 9:20PM CDT

PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico (AP) — Bud weakened to a tropical storm Friday as heavy rain began to pelt a string of laid-back beach resorts and small mountain villages on Mexico's Pacific coast south of Puerto Vallarta. (full story)

Imperial Weighted Average Livestock Market

USDA - Fri May 25, 8:51PM CDT

WH_LS759 Kearney, NE Fri May 25, 2012 USDA-NEDept of Ag Market News Imperial NE - Imperial Livestock Auction Feeder Cattle Weighted Average Report for 05/25/2012 Receipts: 450 Last Week: 0 Year Ago: 0 No comparison to last week, due to no feeder sale.... (full story)

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