The only truly upbeat firms in America nowadays are the accounting giants, which for once are not being blamed for a financial disaster (this time that honour belongs to the rating agencies).

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Likewise, character creation has a few extra options including more skin colors (my Pawn started life as a blue-skinned behemoth this time around.) The Pawn rating and gifting system is gone as well, apparently.

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Meanwhile, Ackman was making another big bet, this time against bond insurer MBIA, whose triple A rating he questioned in a research report.

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