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In this Sept. 1, 2010 ,photo, traders and specialists work the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange, in New York. (AP Photo/David Karp)
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, before the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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The contemporary-style stucco home at 1924 Rhode Island Ave. is on the market for $949,000. The home has four bedrooms and three full baths.
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Thomas Richter, head of portfolio management for telecommunications, Europe, of Samsung presents the new Samsung Galaxy Tab, a tablet computer to compete with the Apple iPad, right, at IFA, the world's largest trade fair for consumer electronics and electrical home appliances, in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, right, and Robert Zoellick, left, president of the World Bank, leave for the lunch break from the morning session of the annual Federal Reserve conference, Friday, Aug. 27, 2010, in Jackson, Wyo. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
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Thomas Baxter, Jr., general counsel and executive vice president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010, before the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Apple CEO Steve Jobs displays the new AppleTV at news conference in San Francisco, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
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This image made Monday, Aug. 30, 2010, shows the Google News website page. The Associated Press said Monday in a statement that Google Inc. will be able to continue posting content from the AP under a new licensing deal after months of negotiations. (AP Photo)
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In this Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010 photo, Johnnie Coleman, right, of MainOne Cable talks with a visitor at the cable landing station in Lagos, Nigeria. For a decade, West Africa's main connection to the Internet has been a single fiber-optic cable in the Atlantic, a tenuous and expensive link for one of the poorest areas of the planet. But this summer, a new $250-million MainOne cable snaked along the West African coastline ending at Nigeria's commercial capital, Lagos. It has more than five times the capacity of the old one and is set to bring competition to a market where wholesale Internet access costs nearly 500 times as much as it does in the U.S. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
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FILE - In this file photo made Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010, the 3M Co. logo is seen on some of their products in Philadelphia. Technology company 3M Co. said Monday, Aug. 30, 2010, it has agreed to acquire Cogent Inc. in a deal worth about $933 million. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, file)
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FILE - In this Feb. 12, 2009 file photo, flags with the company logo of Infineon Technologies are seen prior to the annual shareholders meeting in Munich, southern Germany. German chipmaker Infineon Technologies AG is selling a unit that makes products for wireless telephones to California's Intel Corp. in a $1.4 billion cash deal, the companies said Monday, Aug. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Uwe Lein, File)
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FILE - In this file photo taken July 12, 2010, the exterior of Intel Corp. headquarters is shown, in Santa Clara, Calif. German chipmaker Infineon Technologies AG is selling a unit that makes products for wireless telephones to California's Intel Corp. in a $1.4 billion cash deal, the companies said Monday, Aug. 30. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Former Lehman Brothers executive Richard Fuld Jr. (right) told the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission that Lehman was repeatedly denied measures that could have saved the firm. Thomas Baxter (left), general counsel of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, said regulators lacked authority to provide the aid.
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Johnnie Coleman, of MainOne Cable, walks past submarine-line terminating equipment at the cable-landing station in Lagos, Nigeria, on Aug. 5. This summer, a new $250 million MainOne cable snaked along the West African coastline, ending at Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital. (Associated Press)
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Apple CEO Steve Jobs shows the new Apple iPad display, at a news conference in San Francisco, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
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This product image provided by Sony Corp., shows the Sony Reader Pocket Edition, in black. (AP Photo/Sony Corp.) NO SALES
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In this Aug. 24, 2010, photograph, a row of new homes is seen in the Boulevard Heights development in St. Louis. Home prices rose in June for the third straight month amid a burst of home-buying due to tax incentives that have since expired. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
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Carine Abraham and Austin Savill, both 19, stand in line near a 50 percent off sign as they wait to make a purchase at an Aeropostale store in Paramus, N.J., on July 27, 2010. Consumer spending rose 0.4 percent in July after three lackluster months, the Commerce Department said Monday. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
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ADVANCE FOR 12:01 a.m. EDT Monday, Aug. 30, and thereafter; Graphic shows the prevalence of PSTD in veterans and spending on the drug
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La Miniatura, the first of Frank Lloyd Wright's textile-block homes is for sale in Pasadena, Calif. The experimental home, built in 1923, has been on the market for two years. (Associated Press)
