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JPMorgan Losses Give Boost To US Sen. Sanders' Bank Bill

The recent multibillion-dollar trading loss suffered by JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM), the country's largest bank by assets, has strengthened the case against letting bank executives serve as directors of Federal Reserve regional banks and thus regulating themselves, policy makers say.
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Watch 'The Great Gatsby' Trailer, Featuring Leonardo DiCaprio As Jay Gatsby [VIDEO]

The first trailer for the screen adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby, has finally been released. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan and Tobey Maguire, as narrator Nick Carraway, the film is due to open Dec. 25 and centers on the mysterious, wealthy, and romantic Jay Gatsby, played by DiCaprio. Gatsby's object of affection is Daisy Buchanan, played by Mulligan.
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Debrahlee Lorenzana, The Lauren Odes of 2010 Fired For Being 'Too Sexy,' Speaks Out: ?I Ended Up Fighting Citibank On My Own?

Debrahlee Lorenzana, who was fired as a banker from Citibank in 2010 for being too sexy, spoke out about the similarities of her case with Lauren Odes', the woman fired from New York lingerie store Native Intimates for being too busty. Lorenzana revealed that she ended up fighting the suit, filed for similar discriminatory reasons, alone after lawyer Gloria Allred dropped her when the cameras stopped flashing.
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CalSTRS Pension Fund To Vote Against Wal-Mart Board

The second largest public pension fund said on Tuesday it plans to vote all of its Wal-Mart Stores Inc shares against the entire board in the wake of bribery allegations in Mexico that Wal-Mart officials failed to fully investigate.
Mitt Romney Scolds New Media, Bloggers: 'I Miss the Days of Two or More Sources'

Beware Of Mitt The Mormon

The New York Times has done it again. They?ve succeeded in breaking yet another cutting-edge news story on Sunday?s front page: ?Beware, Mitt Romney is a Mormon.?
Formula One IPO in the Fast Lane

BlackRock Buys Stake in Formula 1 Ahead of Singapore IPO

Formula 1, the popular global auto racing sport, is on its way to a possible IPO as financial investors such as Waddell & Reed Financial Inc. (NYSE: WDR), Norges Bank Investment Management and BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) bought 21 percent of the company, CVC Capital Partners, owner of Formula 1, confirmed Tuesday.
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Accor Sells Motel 6 To Blackstone For $1.9 Billion

French hotel giant Accor SA (Paris: AC) said Tuesday it will sell the underperforming Motel 6 U.S. budget hotel chain to asset manager Blackstone Group LP for $1.9 billion, as part of an effort to cut debt and shift focus from the U.S. to fast-growing emerging markets.
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'Pre-Diabetes Diabetes Rising Among US Teens [STUDY]

The percentage of U.S. teenagers with pre-diabetes or full-blown type 2 diabetes has more than doubled in recent years -- though obesity and other heart risk factors have held steady, government researchers reported Monday.

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