For instance, the post dot-bomb corporate governance scandals drove many firms to pay dividends regardless of the tax rate.

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In the new Bizarro World that is the global economy post-2008, the US is the debt bomb waiting to explode while major nations like Brazil are mostly busy running surpluses.

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Demand for bomb-sniffing dogs has soared with the post-Sept. 11 obsession with security.

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Transformers Director Michael Bay then became one of the Bad Boys by dropping a Pearl Harbor-sized bomb on Paramount regarding its decision in a blog post since deleted and retracted, leading to speculation it was really the Decepticon version of Michael Bay that made the original posting.

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