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Friday Five – June 17, 2011
ByDerekIt’s been a couple weeks since I’ve been able to crank one of these out. Either I or my laptop has been unavailable. The laptop is now sporting a brand new SSD drive, though, so it was worth the interruption in content, at least to me. So, kicking things off this week, an in-depth article…
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Deregulation Not to Blame for Financial Woes
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San Babila
ByDerekTwo quick snapshots of San Babila – which after two trips to Milan, I still have yet to go inside.
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First stock trade of the year
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Antwerp, Belgium
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