And as is usually the case in Brazil, when the economy is firing on all four cylinders, inflation rises and with it goes interest rates.

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Because a state bank, not the country itself, is in the firing line the government may see a court case as embarrassing rather than painful.

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Aguirre has accused the SEC for firing him last August after he aggressively pursued a case alleging insider trading at Pequot Capital, one of the largest hedge funds in the business.

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He has accused the SEC of firing him last August after he aggressively pursued a case of alleged insider trading at Pequot Capital, one of the largest hedge funds in the business.

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In those states, says Hurd, Outback would have had a tougher time firing the waitress who wore the Tea Party bracelet if she could make a case that her political views were the reason for her dismissal.

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