Popstars: The Rivals features ex-Spice Girl Geri Halliwell and industry gurus Pete Waterman and Louis Walsh who will whittle down thousands of wannabe singers to form two groups.

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In all, an exemplary effort by Mr. Andreas, one with far more insight than that offered by most stock analysts and the industry gurus who were insanely optimistic over the last year, and are now busily covering their tracks while loudly bewailing the present.

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Yet savaging the finance gurus involves trashing the financial services industry, which heavily advertises on television on radio.

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