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As the market rally slows, take a look at stocks that will keep paying even when their prices aren’t rising. Here’s a screen to help you find them.

AP - The Securities and Exchange Commission is seeking to permanently freeze the assets of a California financier accused of bilking investors until his fraud trial is over.

AP - How far the Dow Jones industrial average has fallen or advanced each trading day since Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Sept. 15. Since Lehman’s fall, which touched off a paralysis of the credit markets and deepened the recession, the stock market has gone through an extended period of volatility before kicking into a big rally this spring. The numbers are the closing levels for the Dow:

Investor’s Business Daily - Investors shoved $18.31 billion into stock funds in May, surpassing April’s $11.90 billion. Bond funds had record monthly inflow of $31.65 billion.

AP - Stocks followed energy prices higher Monday in light trading. Investors placed money in energy, industrial and materials stocks as crude oil rose $2.33 to $71.49 a barrel. Energy prices tend to rise when investors are hopeful for an economic recovery.

As Mrs. Madoff relinquishes cash, furs and jewelry, a court-appointed trustee pursues more than $10 billion from investors who withdrew sums from Madoff accounts.       

AP - State Street Corp. on Monday disclosed in a regulatory filing that the Securities and Exchange Commission could bring civil charges against its main subsidiary for possible securities violations tied to past investments in subprime mortgages.

Reuters - Asset management and servicing giant State Street Corp said it might face civil charges by U.S. securities regulators for exposing investors to losses on subprime mortgages.

Reuters - Stocks rose on Monday as higher oil prices lifted shares of energy companies and fund managers snapped up this quarter’s winners to burnish their portfolios.

AP - A jump in oil prices sent investors rushing to put money into the stock market in the final days of the second quarter.