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Jim Dandy to the Rescue
If there was any really positive news today to justify the Dow and S&P 500 gains, it escaped me. It looks as though today’s gains were attributed to Warren Buffett’s “rebuffed” offer to bail out bond insurers Ambac Financial Group Inc., MBIA Inc. and Financial Guaranty Insurance Co. But, can this be considered good news [...]