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		<title>ELECTION TIME AGAIN</title>
		<link>http://www.thesipa.com/blog/2012/05/18/election-time-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 15:31:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A small firm seat on FINRA’s Board of Governors will be up for election soon and the petition process has begun.  The nominating committee chose to nominate W. Dennis Ferguon for the mid sized seat and some guy named Seth Waugh of Deustche Bank.  We have no idea who Seth is but we have known [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FACEBOOK FOLLIES</title>
		<link>http://www.thesipa.com/blog/2012/05/18/facebook-follies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 14:43:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; IPO could become one of the greatest scams  Today is the day we all have all been told we are waiting for: The Facebook IPO!  Investors around the world will line up to get shares of the social media giant in the aftermarket and will no doubt see dollar signs in their eyes. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FINRA TRANSPARENCY COMES AT A PRICE</title>
		<link>http://www.thesipa.com/blog/2012/05/09/finra-transparency-comes-at-a-price/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 14:44:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jbusacca</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Significant loss stirs the membership Recently FINRA announced to members a proposal for increased fees as well as a ‘significant loss’ for fiscal year 2011.  For many years FINRA has largely operated behind the wizard of Oz curtains and has told members what they felt they needed to hear rather then open the curtains [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL?</title>
		<link>http://www.thesipa.com/blog/2012/04/18/united-we-stand-divided-we-fall/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:16:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Too little , too late Recently we have been receiving barbs from other trade groups that love using the “United We Stand” mantra that appears on the surface as an attempt to unite members, but of course this claim comes on the heals of insulting everyone and anyone on the way to rehab.  The small [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should we all be regulated the same way?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:48:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A FINRA approach could do wonders for America &#160; I recently had the obligatory Easter phone call with my mother in New York.  In between questions about the kids and my wife and some occasional Obama bashing we got on the subject of the warm weather the entire country experienced this past winter.  Mom lives [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Street Biz Radio Show &#8211; March 24th</title>
		<link>http://www.thesipa.com/blog/2012/04/13/street-biz-radio-show-march-24th/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thesipa.com/blog/2012/04/13/street-biz-radio-show-march-24th/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:39:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[March 24, 2012 Street Biz Radio Show Host John Busacca tackles real estate woes and what the government can do to stop the bleeding. Orlando Mayoral candidates Mike Cantone and Phil Diamond take to the hot seat to answer blunt questions and The Reverend Al Sharpton is told to hit the road! listen live every Saturday morning from 8 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Street Biz Radio Show &#8211; March 17th</title>
		<link>http://www.thesipa.com/blog/2012/04/13/street-biz-radio-show-march-17th/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thesipa.com/blog/2012/04/13/street-biz-radio-show-march-17th/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:27:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[March 17, 2012 Street Biz Radio Show Host John Busacca talks about the Orlando Magic, Warren Buffets stock options in Goldman Sachs and interviews Magnet Fund Manager and CNBC contributor Jordan Kimmel.  Think the economy and markets are ready to fall off the cliff?  Jordan disagrees and gives excellent reasons for believing in America Listen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Street Biz Radio Show &#8211; March 10th</title>
		<link>http://www.thesipa.com/blog/2012/04/13/street-biz-radio-show-march-10th/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thesipa.com/blog/2012/04/13/street-biz-radio-show-march-10th/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 14:49:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jbusacca</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[March 10, 2012 Street Biz Radio Show StreetBiz radio on the Big 810 am in Orlano.  Host John Busacca talks about Goldman Sachs and the unholy alliance between them and Washington. Think you know the real Wall Street? Think again.  listen live every Saturday morning by going to www.Big810am.com show starts at 8 am]]></description>
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		<title>Begging for Votes or Money?</title>
		<link>http://www.thesipa.com/blog/2012/04/03/begging-for-votes-or-money/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thesipa.com/blog/2012/04/03/begging-for-votes-or-money/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:05:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jbusacca</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Members getting bombarded with money requests Recently Former National Adjudicatory Counsel (NAC) and current sitting members, Stephen Kohn and Karen Fischer sent a rather disturbing e-mail to members that caused many SIPA members to contact us out of concern.   In the correspondence Davidson and Kohn did their usual bash job in which they take shots [...]]]></description>
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		<title>REGULATORY IMMUNITY?</title>
		<link>http://www.thesipa.com/blog/2012/01/19/regulatory-immunity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thesipa.com/blog/2012/01/19/regulatory-immunity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:02:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jbusacca</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What the Supreme Court decision might mean for you The recent ruling by the Supreme Court not to hear the appeal of the Standard Chartered is not a shocking surprise to many due to the sheer mass of appeals the Supreme Court is inundated with each year.  Our guess is that about ten minutes of [...]]]></description>
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