But economic theory struggles to explain the bizarre world of fund management, where the market is fragmented but fees stay stubbornly high.

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Yet the CBO projects a fiscal cliff could cost the U.S. two million jobs next year and cause the unemployment rate to stay stubbornly stuck above 8% through 2014.

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Qwest CEO Richard Notebaert has fought stubbornly to stay in the merger picture, despite MCI CEO Michael Capellas ' clear preference to pair off with the more financially stable Verizon.

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And then there's me with a Facebook page that deserves to stay in the archives as I stubbornly refuse to add a subscribe button.

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If you yourself decide to risk a visit, be sure to stay at the Hotel Nacional de Cuba in Havana, which stubbornly retains its charms in a city of growing decrepitude.

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