While the market is likely to recover, no matter how good a company is it can go to zero and never come back.

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While the charge that "you raised taxes on hard-working Americans" is a good go-to move in American politics, it might not be possible for Republicans to gain more political advantage off the individual mandate than they already have.

CNN: Tax or penalty, does it matter for Romney and Obama?

Right now, the ruling Partido Popular, whose leader Mariano Rajoy thought it was a good idea to go to the football while his country teetered on the brink of breakdown, is calling for the resignation of the man sent in to sort out the banks.

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