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Wall St. Ads Must Stop Lying

Time for banks to level with customers

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 20, 2008 7:11 PM CDT

(Newser) – You may see some ironic ads by flicking on CNBC. Financial companies have spent decades advertising their stability and trustworthiness, but these days such claims seem ridiculous, writes Paul Farhi of the Washington Post. As recently as Monday, AIG was running ads with the slogan...   Read full story »

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