1.   And as America looks toward a hoped-for spring rebound from its brief recession, there is no good economic news in sight here.

2.   Business at U.S. factories improved in April, suggesting manufacturers are counting on a spring rebound in the economy to increase demand.

3.   Business at U.S. factories improved in April, suggesting manufacturers are counting on a spring rebound in the economy to increase demand for their products.

4.   Copper and lumber prices rose in response as traders braced for a spring rebound in housing construction.

5.   Federal Reserve policymakers, seeing signs of a spring rebound in the U.S. economy, refrained as expected today from lowering the overnight bank lending rate.

6.   The outlook for this year, at least, suggests low interest rates will contribute to a spring rebound.