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Jim Himes: “$250 billion in market cap obliterated in the meltdown which David Schweikert called a little financial rollercoaster.”

On the recordJuly 25, 2012
$250 billion in market cap obliterated in the meltdown which David Schweikert called a little financial rollercoaster.
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Jim Himes
Democratic · Connecticut

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Himes highlights the massive financial losses due to fraud.

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