Wall Street Roundup: Behind the Goldman Sachs settlement. Nantucket’s Wall Street economy

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Home builders lose confidence. American home builders lost confidence in July, according to new survey results from a private industry group.

Behind the Goldman settlement. The New York Times looks at the three lawyers who hashed out the details of the $550-million settlement between Goldman Sachs and the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The man who bought chocolate. A British man on Friday bought enough cocoa beans to make 5.3 billion chocolate bars in a massive bet on the future price of the confectionery commodity.

Nantucket’s Wall Street economy. The vacation island of Nantucket is seeing its wealthy vacation jet set bounce back while the poorer year-round residents continue to struggle.

-- Nathaniel Popper