April showers are behind us, but May has already wiped out much of the gains the indices accrued in the last half of previous month.  This week also gave us David Harding of Winton Capital sharing his wit, Newt Gingrich suspending his campaign, and growing anxiety in Europe (or at least in the Economist) over this weekend’s presidential election in France. What else is there to read about this weekend? We’re glad you asked:

• Forbes on Google and Facebook – They might disappear (Forbes), No, they won’t (Forbes)
• Changing participation of women in the work force (NPR)
• The gargantuan Pimco Total Returns… returns… (Businessweek)
• Goldman Sachs considers the possible outcomes of the looming fiscal cliff (Business Insider)
• Silicon Valley is not keen on shareholder rights (Bloomberg)

And just for fun…

• How to make a record-breaking paper airplane (Popular Science)