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The Chatter; [Business/Financial Desk]

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Part of the big uncertainty is where the bodies are buried.

Raghuram G. Rajan, former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund, on the complex causes, not yet fully known, of the current financial crisis.

Start shopping tomorrow.

Mark Zandi, chief economist for Moody's Economy.com, giving advice to homeowners with good credit looking to refinance after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by three-quarters of a percentage point.

It's just the way we do it here.

Jan Buhrman, a resident of Martha's Vineyard who receives food like bay scallops, beets and cabbage as part of the island's barter economy.

I am 114 pounds of absolute perseverance.

Marty Ummel, a California resident who is suing her real estate agent because she feels that it is his fault that she paid too much for her house.

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