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	<title>Wall Street Folly &#187; D.C.</title>
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		<title>Large banks losing clout in D.C.; Blackstone having trouble raising $$$ for new LBO fund?; Barclays chairman warns on perils of over regulation; Credit Suisse selling Canary Wharf building; Oil sets one year high and backs off; London real estate getting jiggy again; Nobel chairman taking heat; Jay Leno not helping NBC affiliates</title>
		<link>http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/10/large-banks-losing-clout-in-d-c-blackstone-having-trouble-raising-for-new-lbo-fund-barclays-chairman-warns-on-perils-of-over-regulation-credit-suisse-selling-canary-wharf-building-oil-sets-o/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:55:57 +0000</pubDate>
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Big financial firms losing power on Capitol Hill
Fade to blackstone
Barclays chief warns on regulation
Credit Suisse to sell Canary Wharf building
Crude Oil Retreats After Reaching One-Year High Above $79
CBOE Takeover May Have to Wait for Settlement of Ownership Suit
London Agents ‘Sold Out’ as Home Asking Prices Jump to Record
CIT Sweetens Exchange Offer
Nobel Committee Chairman Draws Fire [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Study finds that 90% of U.S. currency is laced with traces of cocaine; And in D.C., it&#8217;s 95%!</title>
		<link>http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/08/90-of-u-s-currency-laced-with-traces-of-cocaine-and-in-d-c-its-95/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:02:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to a new study, apparently the number of people snorting cocaine using our currency is on the rise.  Traces of nose candy show up on around 90% of bills tested (95% in Washington D.C.!!!!), up from 67% two years ago.  The least favorite bill denominations?   The cheap seats and the expensive seats: $1  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SAC Capital looking to trade on D.C. intelligence</title>
		<link>http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2007/01/sac-capital-looking-to-trade-on-dc-intelligence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2007 16:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to The Hill, Steve Cohen&#8217;s SAC Capital is looking to capitalize on D.C. political intelligence by forming an investment team that will make use of what they learn:
SAC Capital Advisors, the Stamford, Conn.-based fund run by billionaire trader Steven A. Cohen, talked to sources in the capital about setting aside up to $1 billion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 50 Most beautiful people on Capital Hill</title>
		<link>http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2006/07/the-50-most-beautiful-people-on-capital-hill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jul 2006 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The D.C. publication &#34;The Hill&#34; presents the men and women they have dubbed the &#34;50 Most Beautiful People on Capital Hill&#34;.
50 Most Beautiful People on Capitol Hill &#8211; The Hill
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		<title>Carlyle the latest to hire lobbyist</title>
		<link>http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2006/07/carlyle-the-latest-to-hire-lobbyist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jul 2006 13:40:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Carlyle Group is hiring a global head of lobbying to help it navigate regulatory challenges, particularly in China.&#160; The firm also is creating a trade association with other private equity firms to help &#34;educate&#34; about what they do;&#160; last year a German politician unflatteringly compared the firms to &#34;swarms of locusts&#34;&#8230;.

The Washington-based private equity group [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hedge funds jump on the lobbying bandwagon</title>
		<link>http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2006/05/hedge-funds-jump-on-the-lobbying-bandwagon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 May 2006 18:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cerberus, Elliott Associates, Moore Capital and Kynikos Associates have all jumped on board, hiring their own lobbying firms&#8230;.

Like many growth industries that go a-courting in Congress, hedge funds have approached legislative and regulatory hurdles with lobbyists retained and pocketbooks open.
As hedge funds continue to attract a broader class of investors, however, they are discovering that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google hires DC lobby firm</title>
		<link>http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2006/03/google-hires-dc-lobby-firm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Mar 2006 14:37:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Google has hired&#160; DC lobbying firm PodestaMattoon to give it a helping hand in furthering its interests in among other things,&#160; issues of privacy, and China.&#160; For what it&#8217;s worth, Joshua Hastert, son of Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, is on the team&#8230;

The hiring is another sign that Google is raising its profile in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cerberus upping the ante in DC by filing to become lobbyist</title>
		<link>http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2006/03/cerberus-upping-the-ante-in-dc-by-filing-to-become-lobbyist/</link>
		<comments>http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2006/03/cerberus-upping-the-ante-in-dc-by-filing-to-become-lobbyist/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Mar 2006 16:33:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cerberus Capital is the most recent hedge fund to find its way to Washington as a lobbyist following the news that Jim Chanos of Kynikos Associates was forming the Coalition of Private Investment Companies, a lobby group that he will lead.
Cerberus Becomes Lobbyist as Hedge-Fund Oversight Grows &#8211; Dealbook

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