"Obviously, there were some things last year that had to get cleaned up, and I'm confident that they will, and I'm confident that process has started, " Tannenbaum said, referring to an ugly rift between receiver Santonio Holmes and a number of his offensive teammates during the team's season finale at Miami.

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My reasoning is based on the theory that either financial services firms get their loan portfolios cleaned up and in good shape so they generate earnings that further the recapitalization process or they struggle to stay alive.

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The bank said it experienced a "modest loss" over the quarter on the portion of the CIO portfolio that it moved to its investment bank to get cleaned up, but it didn't give details.

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Over half (52%) believe that they should either get jail time, or at the minimum, get no salary till the oil is cleaned up.

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The good news is that this same tax law offers a "get out of jail free" card if the executive benefit plan is cleaned up this year.

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The contract suspension could last up to a year, and in order to get the ban lifted, BP will have to prove to the government that it is a good corporate citizen and has cleaned up its act.

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