andrew schneider reports from houston. >> reporter: the final toll against r. allen stanford came down to five counts of mail fraud, four counts of wire fraud, the counts of criminal conspiracy and one count of obstruction of an s. e. c. investigation. the jury ruled not guilty on one count of wire fraud. the jury is still being held over to sty a matter of forfeiture. there's a question of $300 million in scattered assets across various stanford accounts. there are also a pair of dualing receivers, one appoint bid the u.s. securities and exchange commission and one by the antiguan government to determine the final state of the stanford business empire. the ponzi scheme is the second largest in u.s. history, affecting tens of thousands of investors across more than 100 countries. andrew schneider, nbc, houston. >> susie: the lehman brothers saga entered its final chapter three years after filing for bankruptcy. the investment bank whose failure kicked off the worst days of the financial crisis is now emerging from bankruptcy. the move frees lehman to begin sell

andrew schneider, "nightly business report," houston. >> susie: next week, we continue our focus on the housing. we head to las vegas, where investors are gambling on a housing comeback and look at whether the american dream of home ownership is still viable. >> susie: attention all scrap bookers! craft giant michaels stores is going public again. the company said it plans to raise $500 million in an i.p.o. and use the cash to help pay down its significant debt. michaels was a publicly traded company until 2006, when bain capital and blackstone group bought it. no word yet on how many shares will be offered or the price tag. the stock will trade here at the big-board under ticker symbol m.i.k. even though lotto mania spread to the n.y.s.e. today. investors still had time to bet on at least a few of their favorite stocks. turning to tonight's market focus, a lot of today's trading was about cheery u.s. consumers. investors learned consumer spending jumped 0.8% in february. its biggest gain in seven months. on top of that the university of michigan's final march reading for consumer senti

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