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<description>Reforms from President Raúl Castro have encouraged small businesses and eroded traditional structures and attitudes in unanticipated ways</description>
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<description>Jury watches video of Allen Stanford where he blamed Wall Street “greed” and the “stupidity” of underwriting standards on the sharp stock market fall in 2008</description>
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<description>The revolution under way in television could cause unexpected interference this year</description>
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