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  • Books: "The Devil's Casino" dishes on Lehman Brothers; Dick Fuld dipped his pen in company ink (and married her), was highly interested in his staffs' marital situations; he drew the line at procuring hookers for clients; When the firm finally adopted casual Friday's Fuld said “It is a dark day for the firm”
  • Video: Warren Buffett may not care for the Obamacare plan currently on the table, but he's still glad he voted for him and gives him high marks
  • Video Warren Buffett disses Obamacare - The plan they're trying to pass doesn't focus on costs; He favors "Plan C"
  • Video: Warren Buffett on Succession Planning & more
  • Video: Warren Buffett on Banks, Earthquakes & More
  • Warren Buffett: Berkshire Hathaway's Annual Report 2009 (dated 2/26/2010)
  • Video: More from The Daily Show on Obama's Health Care Summit (featuring John Oliver)
  • Video: Jon Stewart on Obama's Healthcare Summit (and he pokes a little fun at Dylan Ratigan's puppet show)
  • Video: A frosty exchange between Barack Obama and his former rival John McCain at the healthcare summit
  • Video: Jon Stewart's ongoing segment: "The Toyotathon of Death"
  • Video: Shown in part by Jon Stewart on The Daily Show, here's Jackie Ramos' "Why Bank of America Fired Me" video $BAC

  • Mexichem Started At Outperform By Credit Suisse >MEXCHEM.MX – Wall Street Journal


    Mexichem Started At Outperform By Credit Suisse >MEXCHEM.MX
    Wall Street Journal
    NEW YORK (Dow Jones)–Mexican petrochemical company Mexichem (MEXCHEM.MX) looks likely to take advantage of consolidation in the fragmented market and


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    US lawmakers urge action on China currency


    A bipartisan group of 130 US lawmakers urged top Obama administration officials to take immediate action to address China’s ‘currency manipulation’


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    Continental to Charge for Food – Wall Street Journal


    Continental to Charge for Food
    Wall Street Journal
    Continental Airlines Inc., the last big US airline to operate catering kitchens and to serve free meals to economy-class passengers on longer


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    Boston Scientific Slides On Halt Of ICD Sales – Wall Street Journal


    Boston Scientific Slides On Halt Of ICD Sales
    Wall Street Journal
    (Adds comments from Boston Scientific spokesman beginning in 9th paragraph; updates stock prices.) By Jon Kamp and Peter Loftus Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES

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    INTERVIEW:Prysmian CEO:No Takeover Threat With Full Free Float – Wall Street Journal


    INTERVIEW:Prysmian CEO:No Takeover Threat With Full Free Float
    Wall Street Journal
    MILAN (Dow Jones)–The head of Prysmian SpA (PRY.MI) said Monday the Italian cable maker is too big to fall victim to a takeover by a


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    Consol to Buy Dominion’s Gas Assets – Wall Street Journal


    Consol to Buy Dominion's Gas Assets
    Wall Street Journal
    Consol Energy Inc. will pay $3.48 billion to acquire the Appalachian exploration-and-production business of Dominion Resources Inc. in a

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    Banker and wife charged with insider dealing


    A senior investment banker and his wife have been charged with insider dealing by the financial regulator


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    FCC to Unveil Sweeping National Broadband Plan – Wall Street Journal


    FCC to Unveil Sweeping National Broadband Plan
    Wall Street Journal
    AP WASHINGTON—Communications regulators plan to unveil a sweeping proposal to overhaul US broadband policy. Their aim: to bring affordable,

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    FDA Conducts Review Of Study On Abbott’s Trilipix – Wall Street Journal


    FDA Conducts Review Of Study On Abbott's Trilipix
    Wall Street Journal
    The US Food and Drug Administration said it will review data on Abbott Laboratories' (ABT) cholesterol drug Trilipix, which failed to significantly reduce

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    Wimm-Bill-Dann May Pay RUB30/Share Dividend For ‘07-’08 – Ifx – Wall Street Journal


    Wimm-Bill-Dann May Pay RUB30/Share Dividend For '07-'08 – Ifx
    Wall Street Journal
    MOSCOW (Dow Jones)–Russian dairy producer OAO Wimm-Bill-Dann's (WBD) board of directors has recommended that the company pay a dividend of RUB30 ($1.02) a


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    ‘Alice’ Extends Stay as No. 1 Film – Wall Street Journal


    'Alice' Extends Stay as No. 1 Film
    Wall Street Journal
    AP "Alice in Wonderland" remained the No. 1 weekend draw with $62 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. The Walt Disney Co. fantasy has climbed to

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    Continental drops free lunches for passengers in coach


    Houston-based Continental Airlines, which has advertised its in-flight meal service as competitors discontinued the practice, will stop serving free meals on domestic flights shorter than six hours and some flights to Canada and Mexico.




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    Ex-The Park Ave Bank Pres Charged With Fraud, Other Crimes – Wall Street Journal


    Ex-The Park Ave Bank Pres Charged With Fraud, Other Crimes
    Wall Street Journal
    NEW YORK (Dow Jones)–The former president of a small business bank in New York closed by regulators on Friday has been

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    The Best Life-Science Research Suppliers


    Jefferies & Co. likes Becton Dickinson, Bio-Rad and three more.


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    Moody’s: U.S., UK could lose top-shelf debt rating


    LONDON — The United States and Britain are more likely than Germany and France to witness an embarrassing downgrade of their top debt rating, agency Moody’s Investors Service said today.




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    Gibney’s ‘Al-Qaeda’ Documentary to Premiere at Tribeca Festival – Bloomberg


    Gibney's 'Al-Qaeda' Documentary to Premiere at Tribeca Festival
    Bloomberg
    March 15 (Bloomberg) — In comedies and tragedies, Islam and the Middle East will play a prominent role at next month's Tribeca Film Festival

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    Elan: J&J Has Change-Of-Control Option To Buy Remaining Stake In AIP – Wall Street Journal


    Elan: J&J Has Change-Of-Control Option To Buy Remaining Stake In AIP
    Wall Street Journal
    DUBLIN (Dow Jones)–Elan Corp. (ELN) said Monday its largest shareholder, Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), has a controlling interest in their Alzheimer's


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    US To Sell $31 Bln In Reopened 4-Week Bills Tue – Wall Street Journal


    US To Sell $31 Bln In Reopened 4-Week Bills Tue
    Wall Street Journal
    WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)–The US Treasury plans to auction $31 billion in reopened 4-week bills Tuesday. The debt will settle on March 18, 2010 and will


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    Daimler and Renault explore tie-up


    European carmakers are in talks about acquiring mutual equity interests as part of talks about greater co-operation


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    Brazil Telecom Oi Swings To Loss In 4Q On Non-Recurring Items – Wall Street Journal


    Brazil Telecom Oi Swings To Loss In 4Q On Non-Recurring Items
    Wall Street Journal
    SAO PAULO (Dow Jones)–Brazil's largest telecommunications company, Oi (TNE), on Monday posted heavy

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    German Officials Counter Lagarde’s Export Critique – Wall Street Journal


    German Officials Counter Lagarde's Export Critique
    Wall Street Journal
    BERLIN (Dow Jones)–The German government Monday rejected the idea that the country's reliance on exports creates imbalances in the euro zone,


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    Chile’s Pinera: Power Grid To Be Unstable For A Week After Blackout – Wall Street Journal


    Chile's Pinera: Power Grid To Be Unstable For A Week After Blackout
    Wall Street Journal
    SANTIAGO (Dow Jones)–Chile's main power grid, which supplies electricity to about 90% of the population, will remain unstable for a about a week following


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    CORRECT(3/12): Bucyrus CEO’s Pay Rose 23.3% To $5.93 million. – Wall Street Journal


    CORRECT(3/12): Bucyrus CEO's Pay Rose 23.3% To $5.93 million.
    Wall Street Journal
    (In "Bucyrus CEO's Pay Rose 23.3% to $5.93 million In 2009" at 8:07 pm ET on March 12 incorrectly stated the value of Sullivan's stock and options awards in


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    Netanyahu Defends Jerusalem Building – Wall Street Journal


    Netanyahu Defends Jerusalem Building
    Wall Street Journal
    AP JERUSALEM—Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Jewish building in east Jerusalem does not hurt the city's Palestinian residents.

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    “Green” palm oil output may double as prices rise


    KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Palm oil output that does not cut down forests and harm wildlife may double to 3 million tonnes by the end of this year as benchmark Malaysian prices steadily rise, an industry official said on Monday.


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    Web Users Take Dim View of Paywalls, Study Confirms – Wall Street Journal (blog)


    Web Users Take Dim View of Paywalls, Study Confirms
    Wall Street Journal (blog)
    As news outlets struggle to find a revenue model online, a new study suggests how daunting it will be to persuade users to pay


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    Financial News: JPM Rehires Russia Head From Morgan Stanley – Wall Street Journal


    Financial News: JPM Rehires Russia Head From Morgan Stanley
    Wall Street Journal
    JP Morgan (JPM) has rehired one of its most senior Russian dealmakers as the Wall Street bank bolsters its presence in the

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    Auto ABS Deals Mark Restart Of Issuance Post-TALF – Wall Street Journal


    Auto ABS Deals Mark Restart Of Issuance Post-TALF
    Wall Street Journal
    NEW YORK (Dow Jones)–Two auto asset-backed securities totaling $1.543 billion are in the market,

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    EARNINGS FORECAST TABLE: Assicurazioni Generali FY 2009 – Wall Street Journal


    EARNINGS FORECAST TABLE: Assicurazioni Generali FY 2009
    Wall Street Journal
    FRANKFURT (Dow Jones)–The following is a summary of analysts' forecasts for Assicurazioni Generali SpA's (G.MI) full-year results, based on a poll of 9


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    Boston Scientific Suspends Sales of Implantable Defibrillators


    The company said that it failed to notify regulators of changes in how it manufactures the devices.





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    RBI seeks more details on loan, deposits


    MUMBAI (Reuters) – The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Monday increased banks’ disclosure norms by asking them to provide more details on deposits, loans, bad loans and off-balance sheet units.


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    Germany to Explore Potential Nuclear Storage Site – Wall Street Journal


    Germany to Explore Potential Nuclear Storage Site
    Wall Street Journal
    AP BERLIN—Germany is restarting exploration of its highly controversial potential nuclear storage site at Gorleben after a 10-year moratorium,

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    Denmark Study Shows J&J Heart Stent Topping Medtronic Stent – Wall Street Journal


    Denmark Study Shows J&J Heart Stent Topping Medtronic Stent
    Wall Street Journal
    ATLANTA (Dow Jones)–A study from Denmark showed fewer deaths, heart attacks and repeat procedures at 18 months among

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    Study Casts Doubt On Long-Term Plavix Use After Stents – Wall Street Journal


    Study Casts Doubt On Long-Term Plavix Use After Stents
    Wall Street Journal
    ATLANTA (Dow Jones)–Patients who stay on the anti-clotting drug Plavix more than a year after getting a drug-coated stent don't have added


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    OSI rejects hostile bid from Japan’s Astellas


    Drugmaker turns down $3.5bn, unsolicited takeover offer, leaving Japanese suitor in hostile pursuit of a US target for the second time in a year


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    DOJ To Announce Arrest Of The Park Avenue Bank Ex-President Mon – Wall Street Journal


    DOJ To Announce Arrest Of The Park Avenue Bank Ex-President Mon
    Wall Street Journal
    NEW YORK (Dow Jones)–Prosecutors are expected to announce the arrest of Charles J. Antonucci Sr., the former president

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    Putin Party Leads in Russia Vote – Wall Street Journal


    Putin Party Leads in Russia Vote
    Wall Street Journal
    AP The ruling United Russia party appeared headed for an expected victory in regional elections Sunday, according to partial results, although many

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    Mobile Calling Fees Under Pressure With Rollout of New Networks


    The introduction of faster Long-Term Evolution networks could lower costs for operators and potentially unleash a new price war in the industry in Europe.





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    Hynix Creditors Raise US$813.5M In Disposal Of 6.7% Stake – Source – Wall Street Journal


    Hynix Creditors Raise US$813.5M In Disposal Of 6.7% Stake – Source
    Wall Street Journal
    By Amy Or HONG KONG (Dow Jones)–Creditors of South Korea's Hynix Semiconductor Inc. (000660.SE) have raised US$813.5 million by pricing the sale of a

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    Dubai Reforms Property Laws Amid Real Estate Slump – Wall Street Journal


    Dubai Reforms Property Laws Amid Real Estate Slump
    Wall Street Journal
    DUBAI (Zawya Dow Jones)–Dubai government Monday introduced new laws that will allow locals to develop commercial and industrial land previously gifted to


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