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Hedge hogs rake in billions

Hedge-fund managers are netting mega-bucks, with the top three earning at least $1 billion each in 2006, according to Alpha magazine. Hedge funds are minimally regulated investment pools that have been buoyed by the recently robust stock market.

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Female college grads earn less than males

Even as the educational gender gap closed over the past 25 years, women today still only earn 80% of the compensation received by similarly schooled men after graduating college. The inequality increases a decade in, with women making 69% of men's salaries.

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