IGC, enlargement: it would add up to a formidable agenda at the best of times.

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In the interim, Wellpoint and UnitedHealth sell at 10 times earnings, 10 times free cash flow, lift their dividends, buy back stock and do add-on deals.

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And although high-frequency trading may make markets less volatile in normal times, it may add to the turbulence at the worst possible moment.

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Add to this the pre-crash hollowing out of the SEC, which has led to at-times comical forms of enforcement.

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