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  Goldman, Morgan Stanley Settle Mortgage Complaints for $557 Million

  By MARCY GORDON, AP BUSINESS WRITER  |  January 16, 2013

  Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley will pay a combined $557 million to settle federal complaints that they wrongfully foreclosed on homeowners who should have been allowed to stay in their homes.

• Conference Board’s LEI Shows Economy Moving Up at Snail’s Pace

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  October 21, 2010

  The ups and downs of the U.S. economy's business cycle kept moving in a positive direction for the third month in a row, but growth remains slow, the Conference Board reported Thursday.

• Trade Deficit Wider; Weekly Jobless Claims Up; PPI Higher

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  October 14, 2010

  The markets spent the day digesting a raft of economic news that showed a widening trade deficit, a stubbornly high rate of unemployment, and a higher price of goods for U.S. businesses at the producer level.

• Q2 GDP Revised Up, Jobless Claims Down, Chicago PMI Upbeat

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  September 30, 2010

  Thursday's economic data told a positive story--with GDP revised higher, jobless claims below consensus, and positive manufacturing numbers out of Chicago--but analysts say the economy has a long way to go before it will truly be in full recovery.

• July Housing Starts Up, PPI Rose, Industrial Production Gained

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  August 17, 2010

  A round of relatively positive U.S. economic data buoyed the markets August 17, with July's housing starts, producer price index, and industrial production numbers all posting increases and only housing permits showing a decrease.

• Getting It All Done

  By Robert F. Keane  |  July 1, 2006

  F. Scott Fitzgerald was certainly onto something when he said, "The rich are different from you and me." The difference is a bit more complicated,...