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Unresolved Questions After Hearing With Geithner

Jul. 10, 2009
The Treasury secretary testified before members of congress that the administration would impose tougher rules on instruments like credit-default swaps.
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BEIJING, June 13 (UPI) -- Credit default swaps distort risk and fuel dangerous speculation, billionaire investor George Soros told international bankers and financiers in China.
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler