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Hedge Funds Will Soon Surpass 2008 Peaks

by Ryan McCarthy on April 18, 2011

Huffington Post…

Total hedge-fund assets are approaching $2 trillion and are soon expected to surpass their peak in early 2008, according to industry analysts. Even start-ups and smaller funds, which were shunned by many investors in the wake of the crisis, are benefiting.

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Lifemax Announces Jonathan Ducos as Vice President of Operations and Information Technology

by on January 26, 2011

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Marketwire – Management Changes:

ORLANDO, FL–(Marketwire – January 26, 2011) – Lifemax ®, a network marketing company known for Mila ®, the world’s healthiest whole raw food, has announced the appointment of Mr. Jonathan Ducos as Lifemax VP Operations & Information Technology. Having serviced all internal and external technology needs since joining Lifemax in early 2008, Mr. Ducos will continue directing the company’s global technology advancements while taking a more active role in international operations and expansion.

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Joseph Stiglitz And Linda Bilmes: The True Cost Of The Iraq War

September 5, 2010

Writing in these pages in early 2008, we put the total cost to the United States of the Iraq war at $3 trillion. This price tag dwarfed previous estimates, including the Bush administration’s 2003 projections of a $50 billion to $60 billion war. But today, as the United States ends combat in Iraq, it appears that our $3 trillion estimate (which accounted for both government expenses and the war’s broader impact on the U.S. economy) was, if anything, too low.

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Equity in US property may evaporate

July 29, 2009

World The equity in $1.3 trillion worth of US commercial real estate acquired or refinanced in 2006 through early 2008 is at risk of being completely wiped out by price collapses, according to a report by Real Estate Capital Analytics. About

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