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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

  • Minority Births to Outnumber White Births in US – Wall Street Journal


    Minority Births to Outnumber White Births in US
    Wall Street Journal
    AP WASHINGTON—Minorities make up nearly half the children born in the US, part of a historic trend in which minorities are expected to become the US


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    Caterpillar Sees ‘Substantial’ Pharmacy Cost Savings In 2010 – Wall Street Journal


    Caterpillar Sees 'Substantial' Pharmacy Cost Savings In 2010
    Wall Street Journal
    NEW YORK (Dow Jones)–Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) expects to see double-digit savings in its pharmacy costs this year, thanks in part to the


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    WSJ: Saks Moving ‘From Defense To Offense,’ CEO Says – Wall Street Journal


    WSJ: Saks Moving 'From Defense To Offense,' CEO Says
    Wall Street Journal
    Luxury retailer Saks Inc. (SKS) is moving from defense to offense this spring, Chief Executive Steve Sadove


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    New York to Keep ‘Tavern on the Green’ Name – Wall Street Journal


    New York to Keep 'Tavern on the Green' Name
    Wall Street Journal
    AP NEW YORK—A judge said New York City can keep the "Tavern on the Green" name for its restaurant facility in Central Park. Federal Judge Miriam Goldman


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    Psychiatric Solutions in Talks with Bain Capital – Wall Street Journal


    Psychiatric Solutions in Talks with Bain Capital
    Wall Street Journal
    Psychiatric Solutions Inc., a for-profit operator of mental-health hospitals and clinics, is in talks to be acquired


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    CERA Week: Total Exec: Acquiring Gas Shale In Europe, Argentina – Wall Street Journal


    CERA Week: Total Exec: Acquiring Gas Shale In Europe, Argentina
    Wall Street Journal
    HOUSTON (Dow Jones)–Total SA (FP.FR, TOT) is acquiring natural gas shale positions in France, Denmark, Argentina and


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    NJ’s Christie May Propose Cutting Budget to $25 Bln – Bloomberg



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    NJ's Christie May Propose Cutting Budget to $25 Bln
    Bloomberg
    March 10 (Bloomberg) — New Jersey Governor Chris Christie may propose a budget that is as much as 14 percent smaller than the current
    NJ's Christie Says Layoffs Out for Cutting BudgetBloomberg

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    Traders Piqued By the Picosecond, But Physics Intervenes – Wall Street Journal


    Traders Piqued By the Picosecond, But Physics Intervenes
    Wall Street Journal
    NEW YORK (Dow Jones)–Wall Street's fastest traders have their eyes set on the newest speed–the picosecond,


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    HHS: Insurers’ Health-Bill Opposition Hurts Industry – Wall Street Journal


    HHS: Insurers' Health-Bill Opposition Hurts Industry
    Wall Street Journal
    WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)–Health and Human Services secretary Kathleen Sebelius warned health insurers Wednesday that

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    Viterra Agrees to Buy Dakota Growers Pasta – Bloomberg


    Viterra Agrees to Buy Dakota Growers Pasta
    Bloomberg
    March 10 (Bloomberg) — Viterra Inc. said it agreed to buy Dakota Growers Pasta Co. A subsidiary of Viterra will start a tender offer to

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    Turkey Well-Placed to Face Challenges – Wall Street Journal


    Turkey Well-Placed to Face Challenges
    Wall Street Journal
    The contrast couldn't be sharper. As Greece continues to call for support from its European Union peers to deal with a full-blown fiscal

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    New National Math, English Standards Drafted – Wall Street Journal


    New National Math, English Standards Drafted
    Wall Street Journal
    AP SEATTLE—Math and English instruction moved a step closer to uniform and more rigorous standards Wednesday as draft new national guidelines were released.

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    Cops Collect Bar Footage in Big Ben Investigation


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    TMZ has learned the Milledgeville Police Department has seized security camera footage from the Capital City nightclub — where Ben Roethlisberger allegedly sexually assaulted a 20-year-old woman. According to the owner of the club, the footage was …

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    Investec To Join FTSE 100, Resolution To Exit – Wall Street Journal


    Investec To Join FTSE 100, Resolution To Exit
    Wall Street Journal
    LONDON (Dow Jones)–FTSE Group, said Wednesday that international specialist banking group Investec PLC (INVP.LN) will be joining the FTSE 100 Index for the


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    Blumenthal Sues Moody’s, S&P – Wall Street Journal


    Blumenthal Sues Moody's, S&P
    Wall Street Journal
    Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal sued credit-ratings firms Moody's Investors Service and Standard & Poor's, alleging they


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    Vikings’ Kevin Williams Told Coach About Drug Test – Bloomberg


    Vikings' Kevin Williams Told Coach About Drug Test
    Bloomberg
    March 10 (Bloomberg) — Minnesota Vikings player Kevin Williams, who is suing the National Football League over leaked

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    Germany Merkel: EMF Would Need Power To Sanction Countries – Wall Street Journal


    Germany Merkel: EMF Would Need Power To Sanction Countries
    Wall Street Journal
    BERLIN (Dow Jones)–A European Monetary Fund would need the power to sanction countries it helps, and building such a fund would require a treaty change for


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    Digital-Ad Firm Eyeblaster Files For $115 Million IPO – Wall Street Journal


    Digital-Ad Firm Eyeblaster Files For $115 Million IPO
    Wall Street Journal
    Digital advertising company Eyeblaster Inc. has filed to sell up to an estimated $115 million in common stock through an initial public offering,


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    ‘Little People’ — Row, Row, Roloffs Your Boat


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    Paramedics Rallied to Save Corey Haim


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    A witness at the apartment complex where Corey Haim collapsed tells TMZ, paramedics — who arrived shortly after 1:00 AM — spent 20 minutes inside the apartment before carrying him out on a stretcher with an oxygen mask over his face …. suggesting …

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    UK will still need to spend ‘huge amounts’ of public money on infrastructure


    The Government will continue to spend “huge amounts” of public money, despite
    a mounting national debt, because the UK’s infrastructure faces a series of
    urgent requirements, according to one of the leading engineering and
    construction groups.


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    Kinetic Concepts: Jury Says Smith & Nephew Infringes Patents – Wall Street Journal


    Kinetic Concepts: Jury Says Smith & Nephew Infringes Patents
    Wall Street Journal
    A federal-court jury decided that Smith & Nephew PLC (SNN) wound-therapy products infringe key Kinetic Concepts Inc.


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    American Eagle Profit Soars – Wall Street Journal


    American Eagle Profit Soars
    Wall Street Journal
    American Eagle Outfitters Inc.'s fiscal fourth-quarter earnings surged 81% as both sales and margins improved, and the teen and


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    Spitzer Documentary, Falcon Smuggling Highlight Tribeca Lineup – Bloomberg


    Spitzer Documentary, Falcon Smuggling Highlight Tribeca Lineup
    Bloomberg
    March 10 (Bloomberg) — An unfinished documentary on former New York governor Eliot Spitzer, a biopic on maverick French singer/songwriter

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    INTERVIEW – Commodity investors should choose specialists


    LONDON (Reuters) – Information is key to making money in commodity markets and that is why investors should choose specialists who live in the hedge fund industry, asset manager Dexion Capital told Reuters on Wednesday.


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    Brown Sticks to Budget Plans – Wall Street Journal


    Brown Sticks to Budget Plans
    Wall Street Journal
    LONDON—UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown brushed aside calls from business organizations, credit-rating agencies and

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    Conn AG Sues Moody’s, S&P Over Structured Finance Ratings – Wall Street Journal


    Conn AG Sues Moody's, S&P Over Structured Finance Ratings
    Wall Street Journal
    NEW YORK (Dow Jones)–Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal sued rating agencies Moody's Investors Service and

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    Global watchdogs broaden study of new bank rules


    LONDON (Reuters) – Global regulators have set up an extra body to assess how new bank capital requirements will affect the economy after industry criticism that introducing tougher rules too soon could stall recovery.


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    Medtronic Brain Stimulator Missed Study Goal – Wall Street Journal


    Medtronic Brain Stimulator Missed Study Goal
    Wall Street Journal
    WASHINGTON—The Food and Drug Administration said a study looking at Medtronic Inc.'s "deep-brain stimulation" system in epilepsy

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    Swatch To Propose Changes To Board – Wall Street Journal


    Swatch To Propose Changes To Board
    Wall Street Journal
    ZURICH (Dow Jones)–Swiss watch maker Swatch Group AG (UHR.VX) Wednesday that at the company's annual general meeting May 12, Jean-Pierre Roth,


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    Greece warns of worse downturn as strikes loom


    ATHENS (Reuters) – The Greek economy is set to shrink by more than expected this year, the government said on Wednesday, as it braced for nationwide strikes protesting its plans for bringing the country’s budget deficit under control.


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    FSB Moves To Raise Compliance With Global Regulation Standards – Wall Street Journal


    FSB Moves To Raise Compliance With Global Regulation Standards
    Wall Street Journal
    LONDON (Dow Jones)–The Financial Stability Board is giving jurisdictions until the end of the year to raise their regulatory standards or risk being named


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    CANADA VENTURE: ISG Takes Green Approach To Real Estate – Wall Street Journal


    CANADA VENTURE: ISG Takes Green Approach To Real Estate
    Wall Street Journal
    TORONTO (Dow Jones)–You could say ISG Capital Corp. (SUS.V) sees the world through green-colored glasses.


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    U.S. House bans earmarks to for-profit companies


    WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives will no longer be able to direct funds toward for-profit companies through the earmarking process, the House Appropriations Committee said on Wednesday.


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    Unemployment Decreased in Nine US States in January – Bloomberg


    Unemployment Decreased in Nine US States in January
    Bloomberg
    March 10 (Bloomberg) — The unemployment rate decreased in nine US states in January and climbed in 30, signaling the thawing of the

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    Germany Merkel: EMF Would Need Power To Sanction Countries – Wall Street Journal


    Germany Merkel: EMF Would Need Power To Sanction Countries
    Wall Street Journal
    BERLIN (Dow Jones)–A European Monetary Fund would need the power to sanction countries it helps, and building such a fund would require a treaty change for

    and more »


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    Jordan’s Inflation Rate Rises To 4.8% On Year In Feb – Govt – Wall Street Journal


    Jordan's Inflation Rate Rises To 4.8% On Year In Feb – Govt
    Wall Street Journal
    AMMAN (Zawya Dow Jones)–Jordan's year-on-year inflation rate rose to 4.8% in February, driven by higher transport and energy costs and an increase in


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    With EMF, Europe Seeks To Reinvent The Wheel – Wall Street Journal


    With EMF, Europe Seeks To Reinvent The Wheel
    Wall Street Journal
    With German Chancellor Angela Merkel giving her thumbs up, it's full steam ahead for the creation of a European Monetary Fund to help


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    MetroPCS CFO: We’re Obviously Interested In Combo With Leap – Wall Street Journal


    MetroPCS CFO: We're Obviously Interested In Combo With Leap
    Wall Street Journal
    NEW YORK (Dow Jones)–MetroPCS Communications Inc. (PCS) Chief Financial Officer Braxton Carter said a combination


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    Tropicana Raising Prices – Wall Street Journal


    Tropicana Raising Prices
    Wall Street Journal
    Tropicana is raising prices on some containers of orange juice and shrinking the package size of others, to pass along higher costs stemming

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