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POPSWhy Is Wal-Mart Doing So Well? Retailers are still licking their wounds from a disappointing holiday season and worries of a recession still persist. So why is Wal-Mart thriving? Daniel Gross points to four reasons.
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POPSSubprime Crises: Is Japan Next? According to the article, so far Japan's biggest three banks have admitted to just $4.7bn in total losses between them. The figure is rising. Mitsubishi, the biggest, has just raised its tally to 12 times the sum admitted in November. This looks like a replay of the early 1990s when fear of losing face delayed the awful news.
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POPSSubprime Crackdown by the FBI According to an FBI report out last year, the FBI is most concerned with "fraud for profit." This often involves multiple loans and elaborate schemes perpetrated to gain illicit proceeds from property sales. The report said such schemes usually involved "gross misrepresentions concerning appraisals and loan documents."