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"summary": "Labor's decision to return to the five-part fiduciary test adopted in 1975 has drawn widespread criticism.",
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"summary": "\"Too often educators are targeted with misconduct related to their investments,\" said SEC Chairman Jay Clayton.",
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"summary": "Solving the public health crisis posed by the pandemic, Biden said, \"is the surest way to get the economy back on track.\"",
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"summary": "The news that billions of dollars have flowed to well-connected firms that don't need money has \"embarrassed Congress,\" he says.",
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