Middle-class NYC apartment complex sold at auction (AP)

AP - The developer of a high profile middle-class Harlem apartment complex has lost ownership of the property after defaulting on the mortgage.

Examiner unveils Lehman accounting tricks (AP)

AP - An accounting gimmick called Repo 105 provided financial relief for Lehman Brothers in the months before its spectacular collapse, an autopsy of the once-venerable Wall Street house has found. The question now is whether the trickery spells legal jeopardy for executives of Lehman or its auditors Ernst & Young.

How the major stock indexes fared on Friday (AP)

AP - Mixed economic reports held the stock market to only modest moves Friday but gains for the week were strong.

Summary Box: Stocks cap week with modest moves (AP)

AP - QUIET DAY: Major stock market indexes were little changed a day after the Standard & Poor's 500 index closed at a 17-month high. Mixed reports on consumer sentiment and retail sales kept trading subdued.

Summary Box: Retail sales post surprising gain (AP)

AP - RETAIL SALES: Retail sales rose 0.3 percent in February, surprising economists who had forecast a decline because of their expectation that major snowstorms would keep consumers away from stores.

Senators question $1 million pay for charity’s CEO (AP)

AP - A group of Republican senators is questioning high salaries and expensive travel bills for executives at the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, raising issues that could jeopardize millions in federal funding for the national charity.

Runaway Prius case presents nagging questions (AP)

AP - Investigators are confronted with a series of nagging questions as they try to unravel the case of a California real estate agent who said his Toyota Prius turned into a runaway death trap after the gas pedal became stuck.

2 months after Haiti quake, housing still elusive (AP)

AP - Trash and sewage are piling up at the squalid tent camps that hundreds of thousands have called home since Haiti's devastating earthquake — and with torrential rains expected any day, authorities are not even close to providing the shelters they promised.

Data, Fed to test if rally still has legs (Reuters)

Reuters - Investors will try to tack another leg on to the year-long U.S. stock rally, looking to next week's economic data and statement from the central bank for evidence the recovery is still on track.

Stocks end mixed after mixed economic reports (AP)

AP - Mixed economic reports held the stock market to only modest moves Friday but gains for the week were strong.

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