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In this issue:  A new measure of inflation, pursuing those
that benefitted from Madoff's fraud, and budget problems at
the SEC.

---Economics---
BusinessWeek says economist Alberto Cavallo developed
software that calculates real-time inflation by tracking 5
million products sold on 300 e-commerce sites.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=433802
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=433802

---Madoff---
Irving Picard has $10 billion in hand and BusinessWeek says
he is suing banks and others he claims profited from
Madoff's fraud for $100 billion more.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=433801
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=433801

---Politics---
The SEC and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission are in
a severe budget squeeze, and BusinessWeek says layoffs may
be the only answer.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=433811
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=433811