He portrays the typical CEO at one of these companies as running a stagnant business in need of a short-term share price boost to reward insiders holding executive stock options.

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But the government pressed on, proposing a 70-30 jointly owned firm, with Hyundai holding the controlling share.

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Huge global iPhone opportunity, tablet growth ahead (with the future release of the iPad3), and PC share gains will continue to drive the stock forward. (Read Apple Is A Top-10 Holding In 26% Of Mutual Funds And 16% Of Equity ETFs).

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So one of the ways that First Ladies in the past have tried to include the broader public in on what's going on is by holding these types of events where we invite the press to share some of the incredible behind-the-scenes work that goes into planning and pulling off this amazing day.

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The top holding of both of those ETFs is Wells Fargo ( NYSE: WFC) which happens to be a Berkshire holding, and also happens to be among the financial stocks flirting with crossing below their per-share book value.

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Russia has backed a French call for a new U.N. resolution, saying this would help form a new political leadership in Iraq and the holding of democratic elections, but questions remain over whether Washington would be willing to share control over post-war Iraq.

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