Pending home sales increase, durable goods orders increase, jobless claims decrease. Google beats Oracle and retains dominion over the Android kingdom. Microsoft and Facebook lay cable. The French protest. American Airlines doth protest too much. Takata? Why? Financial Review by Sinclair Noe for 05-26-2016   DOW – 23 = 17,828 SPX – 0.44 = 2090 NAS + 6 = 4901 10 Y – .05 = 1.82% OIL – .23 = 49.33 GOLD – 4.50 = 1220.50   The National Association of Realtors said its pending home sales index, based on contracts signed last month, increased 5.1 percent to 116.3, a level not seen since February 2006. Contracts rose in three of the nation’s four regions, with the West reporting an 11.4 percent jump.   Orders for durable or long-lasting goods made in the U.S. jumped 3.4% in April but a key measure of business investment fell again. The increase in new orders last month was powered by a spike in demand for commercial planes. Those orders accounted for 85% of the increase in April bookings. Typically large planes are built or delivered five years after they are ordered. Orders for new autos and parts also rose nearly 3%. Stripping out transportation, durable-goods orders increased a modest 0.4% in April after a 0.1% advance in March. In April, orders for a category known as core capital goods that’s viewed as a proxy for business investment declined 0.8%. They’ve fallen in five of the past six months. While much of the slowdown ...