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...didn't have to wait long. On Sept. 3, the crusading A.G., fresh from lashing the brokerage industry into a $1.4 billion settlement over fraudulent stock research, revealed his latest target: the mutual fund business. This time Spitzer asserts that the industry we have trusted to put us on equal footing with the big hitters was favoring them at our expense--through short-term trading schemes that dilute the gains of long-term holders...
...everyone. The dirty secret in most rich-people soaps is corruption. In The O.C., it's insecurity--from the next-door neighbor, who has defrauded his investment clients to maintain his family's lifestyle, to the Cohens' charming but nerdy son Seth, who is proof that money doesn't equal social acceptance. Creator Josh Schwartz says the show "wasn't an attempt to cash in on the political zeitgeist," but, he adds, "there is also a sense in the country right now that all is not what it seems...
...city’s skyline. The pair are soon discovering Tokyo culture and a profundity in their friendship that is lacking in their respective marriages. Johansson perfects the prolonged sulk, while Murray delivers his best performance yet, donning the hats of weary voyager, droll companion and cynical mentor with equal comfort. There are plenty of belly laughs to be had along the way, but what remains with the viewer is the significance of the fleeting connection that these two people share. Coppola dreamily lingers on every scene, adorning each of them with the sensation of the aftermath of a first...
...site’s name might seem oxymoronic, founders Zachary A. Corker ’04, Paul H. Hersh ’04 and Darren S. Morris ’05 have pledged themselves to a new breed of social justice by advocating what they call “equal opportunity partying...
...remain firmly convinced that using voting equipment officially declared by the state to be obsolete, in a number of counties with a high concentration of minority voters, violates the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and the Voting Rights...