anthony mason is our senior business correspondent. anthony, i know s.e.c. filed civil charges against goldman three months ago and today a settlement. >> reporter: a settlement to settle the fraud charges. goldman sachs one of the most storied and profitable wall street banks agreed to pay largest fine the s.e.c. has ever assessed against a financial firm. >> this record-setting penalty reflects the egregiousness of goldman's misconduct and should serve as a powerful deterrent. >> reporter: the s.e.c. accused goldman of setting up a group of investment to sell clients in 2007, knowing that another of its major clients was betting heavily these same investments would fail. now, the settlement... in the settlement goldman neither admits nor denies it committed fraud but acknowledged it failed to disclose vital information to its clients. the fine includes $250 million to compensate harmed investors. goldman will write another $300 million check to the united states treasury. katie? >> couric: and $550 million is a big chunk of change for goldman sachs, anthon

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>> couric: anthony mason. anthony, thanks so much. here's a comment from one of our viewers about the unemployment benefits that will be voted on tomorrow. bill plante is our senior white house correspondent. bill, is that doable? >> reporter: no can do, katie. they'd have to change the law. there's plenty of tarp money, $194 billion has been paid back and the government has earned $23 billion in interest. but they have to use that money to pay down the deficit. so they'd have to change the law to pay unemployment benefits with it. >> couric: all right. bill plante at the white house. bill, thanks so much. and still ahead here on the "cbs evening news," he's an ob-gyn who hit the big 1-0-0 and he's still practicing. tonight's "assignment america." but up next, an off beat campaign in an off-year election. [ male announcer ] if you've had a heart attack caused by a completely blocked artery, another heart attack could be lurking, waiting to strike. a heart attack that's caused by a clot, one that could be fatal. but plavix helps save l

here's our senior business correspondent, anthony mason. >> reporter: the recovery lost momentum in the second quarter, but the economy has now been growing steadily for a full year. >> so why don't we feel better? just because you get to the recovery room doesn't mean that you feel better, right? >> reporter: economist lakshman achuthan says, after a year of growth, the economy has now regained 73% of the output lost during the recession, but only 7% of the more than eight million jobs lost. >> so, huge disconnect between recovery and output and recovery and jobs. >> reporter: but some companies are beginning to hire again. >> business is really good. we are a little surprised. >> reporter: at blinds.com in houston, every time an order is booked, they ring a bell. ( rings bell ) ( applause ) >> there's another one. >> reporter: c.e.o. carlo steinman says the bells have been ringing a lot lately. with sales up more than 25%, he's nearly doubled his staff, adding 50 workers. >> i think any good c.e.o. is always a little paranoid, but we are extremely optimistic. >> reporter: in detroit t