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Protesters storm activist summit; Ackman: Herbalife execs are lawyer-ing up; "Man Accuses Girlfriend Of Sleeping With 'The Entire Wu-Tang Clan' On 'Divorce Court'"; and more.
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$$$Protesters disrupt activist summit [NetNet]

$$$GE finally exorcises Jack Welch's financial demons [BreakingViews]

$$$Ackman says Herbalife execs are hiring their own lawyers [Reuters]

$$$Do not take market-based views at face value: San Francisco Fed [Reuters]

$$$Man Accuses Girlfriend Of Sleeping With 'The Entire Wu-Tang Clan' On 'Divorce Court' [HP]

$$$Athenahealth CEO said he pulls numbers 'out of his a--' in a video, and David Einhorn put it in a devastating presentation [BI]

$$$The $9 Trillion Short That May Send the Dollar Even Higher [Bloomberg]

$$$German woman, 65, has 13 children, says she's pregnant with quadruplets [UPI]

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