Today, they are derided, investigated and sued, blued and tattooed by government inquiries as well as private litigants.

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The hand-set chatons, or gold jewel settings, are held laboriously in place with minuscule blued screws, some smaller than a fly's eyeball.

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Not a week goes by without one of these financial institutions agreeing to pay a huge fine, settle a lawsuit charging fraud, be sued, blued and tattooed by a myriad of private plaintiffs, or by regulatory organizations concerning a broad sweep of allegedly activities that together give a sordid portrait of the global financial system.

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