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Blog Entries by Diane Francis from 06/2009

Republicans Killed Capitalism, Not New Regs

| Posted 06.20.2009 | Business
Read More: Aig, President Obama, Wall Street, Lehman Brothers, Financial Cxrisis, Financial Reform, Obama, Obama Plan for Wall Street, Obama Plan for Financial Regulation, Obama Financial Reform, Capitalism, Re-Regulation, Free Enterprise, Republicans, Business News

This is not the economic version of the Cold War and the search for a new financial sector architecture does not mark the death of capitalism.

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Iran Is the World's First Pink Revolution

| Posted 06.23.2009 | World
Read More: Islam, Iran, Human Rights, Islamic Republic of Iran, Revolution, Ukraine, Orange Revolution, Democracy, International Women's Rights, Neda, China, China Human Rights, Rebellion, Tiananmen Square, World News

Iranian women are standing shoulder to shoulder in a way never before seen in a society that mistreats them so severely.

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Recovery? Try End of 2011

| Posted 06.28.2009 | Business
Read More: Unemployed, Recovery, Economic Stimulus Package, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Stimulus Package, Economy, Bank Crisis, Economic Recovery, Economic Stimulus, Taxation, Stimulus, Business News

The bottom line is we're at the end of the beginning, not the beginning of the end.

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Madoff: More Money Laundering than Ponzi

| Posted 06.29.2009 | Business
Read More: Fraud, Swindler, White Collar Crime, Swindle, Madoff, Bernie Madoff Victims, Ponzi Scheme, Madoff Victims, Bernard Madoff, Madoff Ponzi Scheme, Bernie Madoff, Bernie Madoff Ponzi Scheme, Business News

Madoff is more than just a sociopath. Too much of this story doesn't hang together and he was too functional in other aspects of his existence.

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