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• Dirty Little Secret

  By Steve Piontek  |  February 11, 2010

  I was originally going to headline this piece “Run, Sarah, Run.”  But then I realized what a joke it was—and a one-liner at that—so I had ...

• Asking The Wolves

  By Steve Piontek  |  September 22, 2009

  I have to admit I don’t know any sheep farmers, but even I know that it’s not customary for these folks to ask the wolf ...

• Quack, Quack

  By Steve Piontek  |  August 3, 2009

  The attention span of the American public-never great to begin with unless a story has to do with the death or scandal of a celebrity ...

• Tantalus Redux

  By Steve Piontek  |  June 3, 2009

  I can't remember for a fact, but it seems to me that I've already used the mythic image of Sisyphus to describe the life insurance ...

• Stop Stressing

  By Steve Piontek  |  May 21, 2009

  The federal government has completed its stress tests of the nation's 19 largest banks and bank-like institutions and in this era of trillions of dollars, ...

• Snarky Snoopy

  By Steve Piontek  |  April 27, 2009

  I was more than a little surprised to see Met Life weighing in on the side of the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding the SEC's ...