And the elder with this early warning sign of dementia may be living independently, paying taxes on time and otherwise appearing socially normal.

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Most financial talk treats systemic risk as a matter of exogenous events, sort of like comets that originate outside the normal operations of the solar system, unpredictably appearing, flashing across the sky and then suddenly disappearing.

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The problem is that for many large firms, systemic risk is a matter of exogenous events, sort of like comets which originate outside the normal operations of the solar system, suddenly appearing, flashing across the sky and then disappearing.

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Appearing as a witness at a Senate Finance Committee hearing Tuesday, Dorgan called on Congress to rescind normal trade relations with China, echoing a bill he introduced last month with Sens.

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