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KFF’s misleading claim about premiums’ doubling echoes the maxim of not letting a good crisis go to waste, even if one has to use deceptive rhetoric to overstate the supposed “crisis.”

Last year, the attorney general sued oil giant Exxon, alleging it used deceptive practices to craft an “erroneous perception” that plastic is easily recycled.

Both are toxic, though only one is deceptive.

District Court for the Northern District of Ohio on five counts: trademark infringement, trademark dilution, unfair competition, false designation of origin and deceptive trade practices.

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When the rare combination of a market high, a volatility spike, and a momentum breakdown happens, the S&P 500 tends to follow “distinct and potentially deceptive pattern,” the firm notes.

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