He almost always has an anecdote to spice up even the most dry technical situations.

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The somewhat dry and technical answer is that he between 2007 and 2011 he allegedly filed numerous false and fraudulent claims with the IRS for payment of a refund of taxes.

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This may sound dry and technical, but the OECD wants all nations to participate in this pact, which has existed for a couple of decades but was radically expanded last year to give high-tax governments sweeping new powers to impose bad tax law on income generated in low-tax jurisdictions.

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Business, Innovation and Skills have what may look like a dry and technical session on the Kay Review of UK Equity Markets and Long-Term Decision Making (at 9.30am) but the question they're dealing with - directing money into long term investment, rather than short-term speculation - is central to economic recovery.

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Sometimes I might forget where I put my keys, or to drop off the dry cleaning, but I can remember trading situations and technical patterns dating back over 10 years as if they were happening now.

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Just as lacking is technical and management training that could help to lift the region's dry-farmers out of poverty.

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