So some Israelis feared that Soros was another Maxwell, with his billionsnone of the bombast or shadiness they had come to associate with

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It became clear from committee members questions to Soros thatindigo. Soros had a 17 percent stake in that latter firm, worth $70 millionmembers of the Israel government had, and they made sure that themanagers-not hedge funds-had destabilized the market, for
Soross solution to currency crises and turbulence was not fixedwrong tree. He turned to his theories to explain why.were in turmoil, and some hedge-fund dealers took major losses.