Existing Home Sales Rise?Affordability Helps

You're receiving this newsletter because you've requested it from us. Having trouble reading this email? View it on your browser or View mobile version. Not interested anymore? Unsubscribe. Share:             Investing Intelligence May 24, 2012 This Week's Top Story Housing Existing Home Sales Rise-Affordability Helps The lowest mortgage rates since at least 1971 are luring buyers to sample residential real estate More Top Stories Oil Drops, But the Energy Market Is Still Wacky Worry over Iran is cooling off as the euro crisis heats up, pushing down oil prices. But oil's still priced way ahead of natural gas What Facebook Will Get Out of Gift-Giving App Karma The $80 million acquisition is a way to increase revenue-and a bet on the impending disruption of a multibillion-dollar industry Playing the Facebook Blame Game Morgan Stanley is the target of anger over the disappointing IPO Can Facebook "Monetize Eyeballs?" As dot-com entrepreneurs and investors discovered so painfully, having a lot of users doesn't mean they want to give you money Private Student Loans Are Becoming More Competitive Private lenders are moving into the market for fixed-rate student loans and starting to compete directly against government options IPOs' Job-Boosting Power Is Overblown New research casts doubt on a claim that 90 percent of employment growth happens after a company goes public Mitt Romney's Private Equity Nightmare A plainspoken union organizer embodies the blue-collar case against private equity, Romney-style The Developer Behind a $90 Million Penthouse Gary Barnett builds luxury buildings for the global elite This newsletter is a FREE service provided by BusinessWeek.com. To sign up for other newsletters, cancel delivery, change delivery options or change your e-mail address, please go to our Newsletter Preferences page. If you need other assistance, please contact Customer Service or contact: Dustine Peterson Bloomberg Businessweek Customer Rights 2005 Lakewood Drive, Boone, IA 50036 dpeterson@cds-global.com To learn more about how BusinessWeek.com applies this policy, you can contact our Marketing Department. This week in Investing Intelligence Welcome to Investing Intelligence, your weekly guide to the broad range of news, analysis, and strategies you can find on Businessweek.com. Our aim is to provide the information-and tools-you need to help you make smarter investing decisions. Advertisement Advertisement Unsubscribe Manage Subscriptions Change your E-Mail Marketing Department Privacy Policy Terms of Use Copyright 2009-2012 by BLOOMBERG L.P. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED