Consumers' confidence surges on brighter jobs view

Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 12:01:23 -0400

Consumers' confidence surges on brighter jobs view

A reading on U.S. consumer confidence jumps to 54.9 in May from an
upwardly revised 40.8 in April as expectations for jobs improved, the
Conference Board
reports.

OBAMA NAMES SOTOMAYOR TO SUPREME COURT

President Barack Obama names Sonia Sotomayor, a U.S. appeals court
judge, to replace retiring Justice David Souter on the U.S. Supreme
Court.

U.N. SLAMS NORTH KOREA TEST; MORE MISSILES FIRED

U.N. Security Council condemns North Korea's apparently successful
nuclear test. while a report says nation followed Monday's missile
launches with two more on Tuesday.

SEOUL TO JOIN WEAPON-CONTROL PACT

South Korea will participate in the U.S.-led initiative to contain the
spread of advanced weapons, reversing its earlier resistance in the
wake of North Korea's latest nuclear weapons test.