Over the past decade, federal regulations with cost estimates have made up less than half a percent of the total annual rule flow of over 3, 500.

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In addition, Summers expects negative same store sales will continue as will negative free cash flow--and he did not rule out bankruptcy as an option for the company.

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Success depends on such intangibles as the rule of law and the free flow of ideas.

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All these examples illustrate the general rule that capital, like water, tends to flow around obstacles.

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But Wall Street money mavens know that not only can they bully the SEC to delay or snuff the fiduciary rule as long as Republicans control key House committees, they can channel the all-important flow of money to get those anti-investor Congressmen re-elected.

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