top storiesHouston jobless rate jumps to 9 percent State's seasonally adjusted rate for June is also up. Caterpillar leaves markets with mixed finish Caterpillar fell almost 6 percentafter its second-quarter results came in below analysts' expectations. SEC watchdog probes oversight of Stanford receiver Inspector General H. David Kotz said today he is reviewing the SEC's oversight of the receiver, Ralph Janvey, after getting a complaint that the bulk of recovered funds has been used to cover legal bills. Court rejects SEC rule on board nominees The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Business Roundtable, a trade group of CEOs for the nation's largest companies, had challenged the rule, which was mandated under the financial overhaul passed by Congress last year latest from the associated presscolumnists
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