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  • JFK awards given to 2 who warned of finance crisis [Are they serious?]

    05/18/2009 1:10:21 PM PDT · by Fractal Trader · 6 replies · 531+ views
    Boston.com ^ | 18 May 2009
    Two U.S. federal regulators who sounded early warnings on the financial crisis and a Liberian peace activist who helped end that nation's civil war were honored for their efforts Monday at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. chairwoman Sheila Bair, former chairwoman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Brooksley Born, and peace activist Leymah Gbowee (LAY'-mah BOH'-wee) were presented with Profile in Courage Awards, annual honors named for a 1957 Pulitzer Prize-winning book written by John F. Kennedy. "(It's) a special honor to present the award to three women who have inspired all those who...