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Washington vs. Wall Street

Chalk one up for Washington this week in the running battle with Wall Street. The SEC recently filed civil securities-fraud charges against Goldman Sachs (GS) and a trader in its mortgage group.

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Lehman, Merrill, AIG and BofA

The action over the weekend resulted in Lehman Brothers (LEH) going into bankruptcy and Merrill Lynch(MER) selling itself to Bank of America (BAC).