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see Facebook as overvalued, 58 percent said so. About 3 in 10 investors say the expected value of shares is fair.
• But price worries won't necessarily stop would-be investors. Half the people surveyed say they think Facebook is a good bet, while 31 percent do not. The rest aren't sure. Americans who invest in stocks roughly agree, although investors who are more "active" -- those who have changed their holdings in the past month --are more negative. Nearly 40 percent say Facebook would not be a good investment.
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Clock ticking as Alzheimer's strategy sets 2025 goal for better ways to treat, stall, disease

• WASHINGTON (AP) -- The clock is ticking: The first National Alzheimer's Plan sets a deadline of 2025 to finally find effective ways to treat, or at least stall, the mind-destroying disease.
• The Obama administration finalizes the landmark national strategy on Tuesday, laying out numerous steps the government and private partners can take over the coming years to fight what is poised to become a defining disease of the rapidly aging population.
• But some of the work is beginning right away.
• Starting Tuesday, embattled families and caregivers can check a new one-stop website -- http://www.alzheimers.govwww.alzheimers.gov -- for easy-to-understand information about dementia and where to get help in their own communities.
• The National Institutes of Health is funding some major new studies of possible therapies, including a form of insulin that's squirted into the nose.
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A guide to how JPMorgan's surprise $2 billion loss might change financial overhaul

• WASHINGTON (AP) -- The $2 billion trading loss at JPMorgan Chase has renewed calls for stricter oversight of Wall Street banks. Two years after Congress passed an overhaul of financial rules, many of those changes have yet to be finalized.
• JPMorgan's misstep gives advocates of stronger regulation an opening to argue that regulators should toughen their approach.
• The Obama administration has argued that it went as hard on banks as possible

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