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InternetNews December 4, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	Lawmaker Turns Up Heat on Shady Web Ploys "There are more than 4 million American consumers whose credit cards are being charged by mysterious membership clubs after shopping online, and most of these 4 million consumers don't even know it's happening," Sen. Rockefeller says.
The Motley Fool December 4, 2009 Matt Koppenheffer	Stick a Fork in Free Market Banking Let's stop fooling ourselves when talking about potential solutions. The U.S. banking system is not a free market system. Efforts to free up banks to do whatever they like have only allowed insiders to profit while the rest of the country bears the risks.
The Motley Fool December 4, 2009 Chris Hill	Pros and Cons of the Top 20 Rejected Treasury Candidates For your Friday afternoon amusement.
The Motley Fool December 4, 2009 Morgan Housel	The Dumbest Stimulus Plan to Date Punishing prudence, one bank at a time. One year ago, banks were ridiculed for making so many bad loans. Today, they're being threatened with fines for not making enough.
Registered Rep. December 3, 2009 Kristen French	Shapiro Calls For Aggressive 2010 Reform Agenda In her remarks before the Consumer Federation of America, SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro reiterated her commitment to creating a "strong fiduciary standard" for all securities professionals.
BusinessWeek December 3, 2009 Peter Coy	An Embattled Fed Fights Back Bernanke is unapologetic and warns that moves to weaken the central bank would jeopardize economic stability
BusinessWeek December 3, 2009	Challenges to the Fed The Federal Reserve may undergo some loss of power and privacy.
Registered Rep. December 3, 2009 Kristen French	IRS Investigates Stanford Clients With Offshore Accounts The IRS believes many of Allen Stanford's clients used offshore accounts to conceal income.
The Motley Fool December 3, 2009 Brian Orelli	Health-Care Reform Is Very Taxing On the industries that keep us alive.
The Motley Fool December 3, 2009 Rich Smith	Mr. Obama Goes to Kabul You cried when Mr. Smith went to Washington. Now profit as Mr. Obama goes to Kabul.
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