No one could imagine the insanity of no estate tax in 2010, or of a return to 2001 rates and exemptions in 2011, undoing all of the reductions that occurred between 2002 and 2009.

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Nearly eight months later, the defense has dropped hints about Holmes' mental state but has given no clear statement on whether he would plead insanity.

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Facebook's decision to pay so much money for a firm that has, as it happens, no revenue whatsoever smacks to many of the insanity that fuelled the last tech bubble.

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