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"In a practical sense, it was Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s that set the credit standards that determined which loans Wall Street could repackage and, ultimately, which borrowers would qualify. Effectively, they did the job that was expected of banks and government regulators. And today, they are a central culprit in the mortgage bust, in which the total loss has been projected at $250 billion and possibly much more."

Article: NY Times
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 Who’s Cuddly Now? Law Firms

"In the last two decades, as working schedules became flexible, and even accounting firms, of all places, embraced the mantra of work-life balance (at least on paper), there was one unbending, tradition-bound profession: the law...."

Article: NY Times

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 -- TheodoreSmith - 8 June 2008
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-- GloverWright - 21 Jan 2010

 
 
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