The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission yesterday said that The Vanguard Group Inc.

The daughter of jailed Texas businessman R. Allen Stanford must appear in federal court to show why she should not be held in contempt for fighting the sale of her $1.3 million Houston condominium, a judge ruled Wednesday.

A fter a turbulent 2008 marked by a nasty proxy battle with founder Eugene Melnyk, pharmaceutical maker Biovail Corp. BVF-T had a much calmer 2009, despite the roiling economy. CEO Bill Wells was able to prove the firm is still a cash-generating machine, while accelerating a shift in strategy to selling drugs for central nervous system (CNS) disorders

Moss Adams, in a bid to continue the expansion of its wealth advisory business, has acquired a registered investment advisory firm in San Diego. Rowling, Dold & Associates LLP will now become part of Moss Adams Wealth Advisors LLC, bringing the combined assets of the two to more than $1 billion, according to a statement from the companies. Sheryl Rowling, who is the head of the RDA team, will now serve as a partner at Moss Adams

The top Senate Democrat and Republican negotiating new Wall Street regulation said Wednesday they expect to resolve their differences before the end of January, an optimistic outlook for a bill that had seemed mired in partisan conflicts. Sens.

The outlook is bright for small-cap-value stocks during this “late phase of the market expansion,” according to Rick Giesen, chief investment officer at Elessar Investment Management LLC. Mr. Giesen, a bottom-up stock picker, compared the current market and economic cycle to the periods from 1990 to 1992 and 2002 to 2004.

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