While the financial press would have the public believe that the transgressions surfacing at this time were desperate measures adopted by the mutual fund industry as assets under management plummeted around 2000, illegal and unethical activity has been pervasive for over 20 years.

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Retail diamond sales are expected to fall 12% this year, at the same time new competition is surfacing.

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