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BusinessWeek June 12, 2006 Peter Coy	Time for Banks to Ask, "What If?" With some financial institutions acting more like dare devils than mere risk takers, a systemic crisis may loom.
Reason February 2004 Callahan & Kaza	In Defense of Derivatives Between Enron, WorldCom, and Global Crossing, the controversial financial instruments have gotten a bad rap. Here's the truth.
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