Queen Elizabeth II, 79, appears on the bank notes and coins of at least 16 countries, and she has shown more than a passing interest in how she is portrayed.

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Britain's influence lives on in the country's Westminster-style parliament, while some bank notes and coins still sport Queen Elizabeth's image.

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Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren at a Senate hearing last week ripped into bank and securities regulators for their failure to prosecute Wall Street honchos for their rampant crookedness in the years before the credit crisis.

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