Wall Street Roundup: The star’s Starr. JP Morgan’s political pick.

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Bad morning numbers. A series of economic releases gives further evidence of a slowdown in economic growth, including a decline in pending home sales, a decrease in factory orders and no growth in personal income and spending.

Goldman ends donations. Goldman Sachs has bowed to requests from a New York politician and promised that it will not make further political donations with corporate money.

The star’s Starr. Vanity Fair captures Ken Starr hiding away in his closet on the morning that federal agents came to arrest him for a scheme to defraud celebrity investors.

JP Morgan’s political pick. JP Morgan Chase hired a former Clinton administration official to help grease the wheels of expansion in Asia.

--Nathaniel Popper