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BusinessWeek January 13, 2011	The Daley Chronicle Bill Daley has worked as a "fixer" for high-profile bosses in business, politics, and the federal government.
BusinessWeek January 13, 2011 Alex Nussbaum	High-Risk Insurance Pools: A Shaky Debut Low enrollment in government-funded insurance programs aimed at sick patients has emboldened GOP critics of health-care reform.
BusinessWeek January 13, 2011 Nichols & Forsythe	China Wants to Rebalance Its Portfolio Chinese President Hu Jintao's upcoming U.S. visit will include some diplomatic talk and, U.S. officials hope, commercial deals aplenty.
BusinessWeek January 13, 2011 June Thomas	Book Review: American Plastic: Boob Jobs, Credit Cards, and Our Quest for Perfection A Middlebury College sociologist explores how Reagan's trickle-down economics made plastic surgery accessible to lower-income Americans, who took on debt to pay for makeovers
BusinessWeek January 13, 2011	Teachers' Union Boss Randi Weingarten The president of the American Federation of Teachers on public schools, teacher bonuses, and why unions are so unpopular
InternetNews January 13, 2011	Rep. King Seeks Economic Sanctions on Wikileaks Pete King, chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, asks Treasure Secretary Timothy Geithner to add Julian Assange to economic blacklist.
The Motley Fool January 13, 2011 Brian Orelli	FDA Panel Gives Eli Lilly Indigestion Eli Lilly's new acquisition causes a tummy ache.
Fast Company February 2011 Anya Kamenetz	How to Spend $100 Million to Really Save Education Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is the latest entrepreneur to join the rush to fix America's public schools. He announced in late September that he planned to donate $100 million to the city of Newark to overhaul its school system.
Fast Company February 2011 Jeff Chu	Michelle Rhee Wants to Spend $1 Billion Fixing Education In a series of interviews, Rhee told Fast Company the inside story of the genesis of Students First, discussed her hopes for the organization, and talked about those audacious goals.
Fast Company February 2011 Michael Silverberg	Orbit: NASA's Space-Shuttle Program Ends As the $115 billion reusable-orbital program retires, let's look back at six notable missions from its 30-year history.
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