Wall Street Journal : WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service is examining more than 100,000 suspicious claims for the first-time home-buyer tax break, another sign of potential trouble for the soon-to-expire program. Read the whole story: Wall Street Journal

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 Morgan Stanley & Co. announced this evening that it will shed its retail investment management operations–namely its Van Kampen mutual fund business–in a transformational deal that is valued at $1.5 billion. Money manager Invesco will acquire Morgan Stanley’s retail asset management unit with $1.5 billion in a combination of cash and stock.

The U.S. Department of Justice has dropped its appeal of a ruling by the U.S.