He sat next to his right-hand man at Goldman, Gary Cohn, and in the same section as the short-selling hedge fund manager Jim Chanos, Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond and Nasdaq head Bob Greifeld.

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With Dodd-Frank, retail forex trading will become illegal for non-participants (traders) unless the CFTC finishes its new forex regulations in short order (Dodd-Frank Bill Section 742(c)).

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Then there's the inevitable English class distinction between Wimbledon Village, a restaurant-strewn, posh section a short walk from the club, and less-expensive Southfields, at the bottom of a very steep hill.

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GRATs are especially effective right now because (1) many assets are still undervalued, (2) the section 7520 interest rate is very low, and (3) short-term GRATs are still possible.

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Reigning title holder, Stephane Peterhansel of France, driving a Mini, took eighth place in the short sprint section, but was already one minute and 42 seconds adrift of the 50-year-old Sainz.

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One bulllishly-inclined person in the comments section warned me to use stops if I was about to get short.

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The short version of this only-in-Silicon Valley story is this: I live in Palo Alto, in a section south of Oregon Expressway called Midtown.

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