The recent pledge of Securities and Exchange Commission Chair nominee Mary Schapiro to be a "robust cop on the beat" is a good beginning to fix what has gone wrong in our financial markets.

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In a world loaded with phonies, one less phony to listen to is a good beginning.

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For all those reasons, and regardless of whether it is a good idea or not, HS2 is beginning to look unstoppable.

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It is a good thing that more open discussion is beginning.

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In fact, serving fish with the head and tail intact is thought to bring in a good beginning and end to the year.

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The beginning of a new calendar year is a good time for every manager to take stock and think about what you would do if you were starting fresh.

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Of course, like most good things, this trend is beginning to become a bit overdone.

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Well a new wave of defaults is beginning, this time on mortgages taken out by people with good credit.

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With signs of growth just beginning to emerge, now seems a good time to get into green building stocks, before the trend is widely recognized.

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Good news at last, it seems, and not before time: sterling is beginning to lose a bit of its competitive edge against the euro as Europe's troubles pile up.

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If the private sector are beginning to lead, and have the greatest capacity to make change happen, that at least is a good sign.

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