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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke testifies on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011, on Capitol Hill in Washington at the Senate Banking Committee hearing on the Dodd-Frank law, the sweeping financial reforms passed six months ago to prevent a repeat of the economic crisis. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Fall 2011 fashion from Anna Sui is modeled during Fashion Week in New York, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner tells senators that if trade deals with South Korea, Colombia and Panama aren't approved, U.S. "business just goes to other countries." (Associated Press)

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'DEAR LEADER': An image of North Korea's designated leader-to-be, Kim Jong-un (center), is shown on a screen during a performance celebrating the 69th birthday of Mr. Kim's father and current leader, Kim Jong-il. Outside information is increasingly penetrating into the secretive state. (Kyodo News via Associated Press)

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"In New Jersey, they call me impatient. They call me lots of other things, too," Gov. Chris Christie, New Jersey Republican, said in a speech in Washington on Wednesday. (Associated Press)

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The Thakoon fall 2011 collection is modeled during Fashion Week Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011 in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

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In this Dec. 7, 2010 photo, a customer leaves a Borders bookstore in Palo Alto, Calif. Bookseller Borders, which helped pioneer superstores that put countless mom-and-pop bookshops out of business, filed for bankruptcy protection Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011, sunk by crushing debt and sluggishness in adapting to a rapidly changing industry. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

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FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2009 file photo, Chris Viehbacher CEO of Sanofi-Aventis SA, gestures while announcing the 2008 full year result in Paris. French drug maker Sanofi-Aventis SA has agreed to buy Genzyme Corp. in a sweetened all-cash deal that values the U.S. biotechnology company at $20.1 billion Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011, ending months of corporate haggling. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, file)

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Borders Group Inc., a chain of 642 bookstores, including this one in Glen Mills, Pa., filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011. The company will close about 30 percent of its stores. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams, File)

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Office of Management and Budget Director Jack Lew appears before the Senate Budget Committee to defend President Obama's fiscal year 2012 budget as Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill square off on federal spending, in Washington on Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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World Bank Group President Robert Zoellick participates in a session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in late January. He said "we need global action to ensure we do a better job of feeding the hungry. ..." (Associated Press)

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Atlanta Braves Executive Vice President and General Manager Frank Wren smiles during a news conference announcing his two-year contract extension through the 2013 season, Monday, Feb. 21, 2011, in Kissimmee, Fla. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

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President Obama, speaking at a news conference Tuesday, said he will push again for corporate tax increases that Congress failed to enact because "I continue to believe I'm right." (Associated Press)

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NYSE Euronext CEO Duncan Niederauer listens as Manfred Gentz, right, Chairman of Deutsche Boerse, appears by video conference during a press conference at the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011. The NYSE and Deutsche Boerse announced Tuesday that they plan to merge. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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CRITICAL: Rep. Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin (left) and fellow Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, presenting the GOP's response to Mr. Obama's budget, criticized its taxing and spending levels. (Associated Press)

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EDUCATION INITIATIVE: President Obama visits teacher Susan Yoder's science class at Parkville Middle School and Center of Technology in Parkville, Md., on Monday. Mr. Obama's $3.7 trillion fiscal 2012 budget boosts overall education spending by 11 percent. (Associated Press)