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On Tuesday, less than a week after Standard and Poor's downgraded U.S. credit for the first time in history, a plane circled lower Manhattan with a ba...

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Well, 2011, it's been nice. But I think we've made enough money already. Time to call it a year. Ridiculous idea, right? Not for some.