Aside from what they received as salary, the money they are accused of wrongly collecting included the value of cashed-out vacation and sick time.

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With a background in computers, the cashed-out entrepreneur set up multiple stock screens to identify stocks that would appeal to superstar investors like Warren Buffett, Benjamin Graham, Peter Lynch, Ken Fisher and nearly a dozen more.

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Bristol's David Blaney was sin-binned late on for killing the ball and Saracens cashed in, driving Borthwick over from a line-out to score the bonus-point try.

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For example, the abandoned 401(k) could be cashed out and heavily taxed or simply forgotten--neither an attractive option.

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Gurus also cashed out of Optimal Group (nasdaq: OPMR - news - people ).

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The meticulous report from Netbasis includes such fine points as the fractional share of Columbia Pictures you picked up along the way, and the 21-cent capital gain you would have had on that share when it was cashed out in 1988.

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Torya Blanchard, who cashed out the 401(k) she earned as a French teacher, opened a successful 48 square-foot creperie.

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