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A Secret Oil Gusher Inside Citigroup (Pam Martens)
If you want to flush out market manipulation, don’t turn to the sleuths in Congress.
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U.S. Stocks Drop on Oil's Surge, Concern Tech Demand Is Slowing (Elizabeth Stanton)
(Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks slid to a three-month low, led by consumer and technology companies, as threats of increased violence in the Middle East pushed oil prices higher and analysts said demand ...
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Brokers threatened by run on shadow bank system (Alistair Barr)
Regulators eye $10 trillion market that boomed outside traditional banking -- (MarketWatch) -- A network of lenders, brokers and opaque financing vehicles outside traditional banking that ballooned ...
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Greenland's Climate Changed Abruptly During Ice Age, Study Finds (Alex Morales)
(Bloomberg) -- Greenland's temperatures rose abruptly twice during the last ice age, said University of Copenhagen-led researchers who studied the phenomenon to learn how the world's climate can ...
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House Immunizes Telecoms From Lawsuits (Pamela Hess)
(Associated Press) -- The House has approved a compromise eavesdropping bill that, in effect, shields telecommunications companies from civil lawsuits for their alleged participation in the Bush ...
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Mississippi Breaches Levees, Crests Short of Records (Robin Stringer and Brian K. Sullivan)
(Bloomberg) -- The Mississippi River breached more than a dozen levees in Missouri, flooding farmland and causing hundreds of residents to flee homes.
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EFF Urges Congress to Reject Final 'Compromise' on Telco Immunity (EFF)
Secret Bill's Text Finally Available, Vote in House Likely Today -- Washington, D.C. -- The Electronic Frontier Foundation is calling on members of the House of Representatives to vote "NO" on ...
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Death of America's Suburbs Is Greatly Exaggerated (Joe Mysak)
June 20 (Bloomberg) -- Don't write off the American suburbs just yet.
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The Monumental Ironic Colonic! (Robert Basler)
(Reuters) -- A frequent theme here is the sad plight of places that have no cable television, and must resort to other forms of entertainment. I’ve reported on singing dingos, sofa races and ...
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Large 'Planet X' May Lurk Beyond Pluto (Ker Than)
(Space.com) -- An icy, unknown world might lurk in the distant reaches of our solar system beyond the orbit of Pluto, according to a new computer model.
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