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	<title>The Official James Petras website</title>
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		<title>The Great Financial Crisis or Who's Got a Turd in his Briefcase?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2007 09:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Petras</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[	The rating agencies, who are paid by the sellers, all gave top billing (AA, AAA) to these hybrid securities, mortgages and junk bonds, encouraging investment advisers to push them on to risk-averse client looking for [...]]]></description>

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