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Registered Rep. December 16, 2008 Bill Singer	Have Arthur Levitt's Words Come Back to Haunt Him? On the heels of the recent lurid discoveries about Bernard Madoff's multi-billion-dollar fraud, former SEC Chair Arthur Levitt is quoted in the article as saying: "At this point, I don't see any evidence that the SEC dropped the ball."
IndustryWeek January 1, 2009	Market Watch For November 2008: Material Demand Only three commodities are up in price in November as many others continue to fall.
The Motley Fool December 17, 2008 Tim Beyers	Why the U.K. Panicked United Kingdom officials were in a panic when they ordered 1 billion pounds to be spent for a tech bailout. Now we know why they did it.
The Motley Fool December 17, 2008 Shannon Zimmerman	The Government's Latest Freakout The government is clearly freaked out, and rightly so. Sinking further into recession will have a ripple effect, with higher unemployment leading to shrinking tax revenues and, consequently, to greater levels of deficit-spending.
InternetNews December 16, 2008 Paul Shread	Technical Analysis: Fed Roils Markets The Federal Reserve's historic interest rate cut today was good news for stocks, bonds and gold, but the dollar took yet another big hit.
InternetNews December 16, 2008 Paul Shread	Tech Stocks Soar on Historic Fed Action Near-zero interest rates and a glimmer of hope from Best Buy were good for a big rally on Tuesday.
The Motley Fool December 16, 2008 Morgan Housel	Bernanke's Out of Bullets Ben Bernanke has spent the past year and a half firing as many bullets as possible to prop up the economy. After lowering the target on the Fed funds rate to a range of zero to 0.25%, he's finally out of ammunition.
The Motley Fool December 16, 2008 Morgan Housel	3 Bubbles That Will Shape 2009 These three bubbles may underline the state of the economy next year. Read on to see what they are.
The Motley Fool December 16, 2008 Alyce Lomax	Greed's Deadly Consequences As 2008 draws to a close, it's a good time to contemplate this crazy year and one of its major themes: unbridled greed, unfettered by conscience.
AskMen.com Stephen Oakes	Becoming A Financial Player In Troubled Times This week, our guest columnist tells AskMen.com readers why this may in fact be a great time to get into the markets.
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