Editors Note: The list of top stocks is derived from the quote pages that received the most views on Yahoo! Finance by examining data for the current week. It is not, however, a list of the most searched-for tickers or company names on our site.

1. Apple (AAPL)

With little real news coming out from Apple this week, the rumor mill — as it so often does — kicked into high gear. This time, chatter of the introduction of a cheaper iPhone swirled after Reuters reported that an overseas Apple supplier planned to boost its workforce by up to 40% this year.

“If [Apple] wants to compete in China, India, Brazil — places where $600 for a phone is just inconceivable especially without subsidies — They’ve got to have a cheaper phone,” noted The Daily Ticker’s Henry Blodget.

Apple captured 57% of the global smartphone market in the first quarter of this year, down from 74% a year earlier. Samsung grabbed a 43% share, up from 23% from a year ago, according to data from investment bank Canaacord

By Dean Baker

However unlikely it may seem, there are times when Congress and President Obama can agree to do the right thing. Back in January was one such time. After reaching an agreement on extending a portion of the Bush tax cuts and continuing emergency unemployment benefits, Congress and the president agreed to suspend the debt ceiling.

This was an innovative move. They didn’t raise the debt ceiling, setting a level which the government would again hit in 6 months or a year. They simply said that the ceiling would not apply for the next four months, putting May 18th as the date when the suspension of the ceiling came to an end. This meant that the country didn’t have to worry for these four months that the legal status of the government’s credit would come into question.

This success should set a simple example that Congress can follow going forward. Instead of setting an end date for the suspension, why not just suspend the debt ceiling indefinitely? This would make the United