Now the consumer will have no easy means of discerning the difference between the them because the product peddler will be able to call himself a fiduciary too.

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When he had first taken up his trade, he had carried his brushes and pigments on his back, and walked the forest trails like a peddler.

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This ends years of litigation by sentencing the last man standing in the political lobbying scandal that brought down republican influence peddler Jack Abramoff.

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Positioned as the anti-Starbucks, it became not just another coffee peddler but one with a unique POV.

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At the age of 16, Zhou started her entrepreneurial career as a peddler of embroidery hoops, needles and patterns.

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One reason: an ill-advised move in the late 1990s into home appliances and even used cars, via online peddler CarMax.

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Joseph, 38, learned about the mangosteen in Malaysia, where he worked with Enrich International, a multilevel peddler of vitamins and minerals.

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What Mr. Daschle's lucrative career as influence peddler really illustrates is how much Washington is now expanding its reach over the economy.

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