Meanwhile, Warren has put his own advice to good use in the majors, blossoming into an important piece of the Yankee pitching staff.

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O'Mara said he has put the money into a trust he controls until a final decision is made about its use.

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All of that has boiled over into a stock decline and increasing pleas by investors to put more cash to use.

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As you will know (don't yawn) if you read this column, this economic malaise has been characterised by many weak businesses being put on life support and turned into the living dead, or (to use what is now a cliche, so sorry) zombies.

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