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Raj Rajaratnam Trial Spotlights Wall Street's Growing South Asian Elite

The trial of hedge-fund billionaire Raj Rajaratnam has riveted the financial world and shined a light on the phenomenal success and insularity of the Indians, Pakistanis, Bengalis, and Sri Lankans flooding the American financial sector, writes Gary Weiss.

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Raj Rajaratnam, former head of the Galleon Group hedge funds, leaves Federal Court in New York after the third day of his insider trading trial Thursday, March 10, 2011. Credit: David Karp / AP Photo

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