THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

High-Earning Households Pay Growing Share of Taxes

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703703304576299560728821804.html?mod=WSJ_economy_LeftTopHighlights

Banks Are Lending, but Pace Falls Shy

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703703304576299473313043888.html?mod=WSJ_newsreel_business

Pendulum Swings Back Toward Detroit

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704436004576298343719183556.html?mod=WSJ_business_whatsNews

Treasury Will Act to Avoid Default

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703703304576299484177501192.html?mod=WSJ_newsreel_us

Hackers Breach Second Sony Service

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704436004576299491191920416.html?mod=WSJ_newsreel_business

THE WASHINGTON POST/BLOOMBERG

Deadline to raise U.S. debt ceiling pushed to Aug. 2, Geithner says

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/2011/05/02/AF4kolaF_story.html

U.S. Stocks Fall as Drop in Oil Companies Overshadows Bin Laden

http://washpost.bloomberg.com/Story?docId=1376-LKJS4F6JTSE801-7KBFEIF7BOG6IOUUJ420FAPCT2

THE WASHINGTON POST/BLOOMBERG/AP

Summary Box: Stocks end lower despite bin Laden’s death; Whole Foods sinks

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/summary-box-stocks-end-lower-despite-bin-ladens-death-whole-foods-sinks/2011/05/02/AFGwrDbF_story.html

Manufacturing activity expands at fastest pace in 27 years; construction spending lags

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/manufacturing-grew-for-21st-month-in-april-construction-spending-rises-on-factory-growth/2011/05/02/AFWxwJZF_story.html