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• Wall St higher after manufacturing data (Reuters)
• Factory activity cools, but still expands in August (Reuters)
• NY regulator, Goldman reach "robosigning" pact (Reuters)
• Analysis: As debt maturities loom, U.S. needs to extend (Reuters)
• Retailers' August sales just miss Wall St view (Reuters)
• Ex-Beazer Homes CFO giving back $1.4M in SEC deal (AP)
• Retailers report solid gains for August (AP)
• TD Bank profit jumps 23 percent, raises dividend (Reuters)
• Euro zone nearing Greek collateral compromise (Reuters)
• Discover buying $2.5B in student loans from Citi (AP)
• French Socialists uneasy as Strauss-Kahn to return (Reuters)
• Carrefour warns on 2011 profit as Europe struggles (Reuters)
• Mortgage rates for the past 52 weeks, at a glance (AP)
• Gasoline close to record high before Labor Day (AP)
• Report: 25 firms paid more in CEO pay than taxes (AP)
• GM U.S. sales up 18 percent year-on-year (Reuters)

Wall St higher after manufacturing data (Reuters) Posted: 01 Sep 2011 08:00 AM PDT Reuters - Stocks gained on Thursday after data showed factory activity cooled in August but was still expanding, easing investors' fears the economy could be headed for another recession.

Factory activity cools, but still expands in August (Reuters) Posted: 01 Sep 2011 07:57 AM PDT Reuters - U.S. manufacturing unexpectedly grew in August and fewer Americans filed new claims for jobless aid last week, defying a slump in confidence that threatened to push the economy back into recession.

NY regulator, Goldman reach "robosigning" pact (Reuters) Posted: 01 Sep 2011 09:08 AM PDT Reuters - Goldman Sachs Group Inc will compensate some home loan borrowers for wrongful foreclosures under an agreement reached with a New York state banking regulator.

Analysis: As debt maturities loom, U.S. needs to extend (Reuters) Posted: 01 Sep 2011 09:09 AM PDT Reuters - Insatiable demand for safe haven U.S. government bonds is helping mask a potentially huge financial problem -- the need to extend the maturity of debt issued by the United States.

Retailers' August sales just miss Wall St view (Reuters) Posted: 01 Sep 2011 08:50 AM PDT Reuters - U.S. retailers reported mixed August sales results after Hurricane Irene drove away business at some chains and boosted it at others.

Ex-Beazer Homes CFO giving back $1.4M in SEC deal (AP) Posted: 30 Aug 2011 04:05 PM PDT AP - The former chief financial officer of a major U.S. home builder accused of committing accounting fraud five years ago is giving back roughly $1.4 million in bonuses and stock profits.

Retailers report solid gains for August (AP) Posted: 01 Sep 2011 06:07 AM PDT AP - Shoppers remained resilient in August despite wild stock market swings and worries about the economy, resulting in what's winding up to be a respectable back-to-school shopping season for many merchants.

TD Bank profit jumps 23 percent, raises dividend (Reuters) Posted: 01 Sep 2011 04:17 AM PDT Reuters - Toronto-Dominion Bank reported a stronger-than-expected profit due to higher loan volumes, and the bank raised its dividend.

Euro zone nearing Greek collateral compromise (Reuters) Posted: 01 Sep 2011 09:05 AM PDT Reuters - Euro zone governments are moving toward a compromise in a row over a bilateral deal between Finland and Greece that gives the Nordic country collateral in return for loans to Athens that other members of the currency bloc do not get.

Discover buying $2.5B in student loans from Citi (AP) Posted: 01 Sep 2011 09:09 AM PDT AP - Discover Financial Services on Thursday said it is buying another $2.5 billion in private student loans from Citigroup.

French Socialists uneasy as Strauss-Kahn to return (Reuters) Posted: 01 Sep 2011 08:49 AM PDT Reuters - France's Socialists are distancing themselves from Dominique Strauss-Kahn as the ex-IMF chief, once their best-placed presidential contender but now dogged by sex assault accusations, prepares to return from the United States.

Carrefour warns on 2011 profit as Europe struggles (Reuters) Posted: 31 Aug 2011 04:57 AM PDT Reuters - Carrefour , Europe's No.1 retailer, warned 2011 profits would slump 15 percent as it cuts prices in a bid to reverse falling market share and tackle an increasingly tough economic environment.

Mortgage rates for the past 52 weeks, at a glance (AP) Posted: 01 Sep 2011 08:05 AM PDT AP - Mortgage rates for the past 52 weeks, at a glance

Gasoline close to record high before Labor Day (AP) Posted: 01 Sep 2011 08:35 AM PDT AP - Gasoline is near the highest it's ever been for this time of year, just ahead of the Labor Day weekend.

Report: 25 firms paid more in CEO pay than taxes (AP) Posted: 31 Aug 2011 02:56 PM PDT AP - Twenty-five of the 100 largest U.S. corporations paid their chief executives more than they paid the government in federal income taxes last year, according to a report released Wednesday.

GM U.S. sales up 18 percent year-on-year (Reuters) Posted: 01 Sep 2011 07:08 AM PDT Reuters - General Motors Co said on Thursday that its U.S. sales rose 18 percent in August.

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