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The Fiscal Cliff Deal's Biggest Winner May Be George W. Bush
Kill This Deal
What's in the Deal? Your Fiscal Cliff Checklist
Netanyahu's New Headache: Avigdor Lieberman Is Dragging Him Down
JP Morgan Gets a Big Holiday Gift From the SEC
In 1996, the world learned a Japanese firm had cornered the copper market. The company, Sumitomo, was fined $125 million for squeezing copper supplies and artificially inflating prices--at that point the largest penalty ever levied by a U.S. government agency. The Commodities Futures Trading Commission called the scheme “one of the most serious worldwide manipulations” of a commodity in decades. Last Monday, the Securities and Exchange Commission posted a decision that could effectively lead to a repeat of the Sumitomo corner, with one key difference: hoarding copper will now be legal.
Hagel, the Enemy of Liberals' Enemies, Shouldn't be Their Friend
A Fiscal Sell-By Date
This Hit Caused a Concussion. It Was Also Legal. Discuss.
Balancing the safety of NFL players and the quality of the game is not so simple.