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Credit Writedowns

• Euro Recovery Stalls After News of Moody’s Portugal Warning: A euro recovery was nipped in the bud after Moody's announced that it was putting Portugal’s A1 rating on review for possible downgrade.
• The European Sovereign Debt Crisis: A fairly brief outline of the major issues at stake in the European sovereign debt crisis
• Core Euro Zone Coming Under Increased Scrutiny: Recent ratings action in the euro zone underscores that the agencies are on the warpath and so even France is coming under increased downgrade risk.

Financial News

• Municipal-Bond Default Risk Is Greater on Unessential Projects, Fitch Says – Bloomberg
• Allied Irish Banks moves £7.9bn property loans to country’s ‘bad bank’ – Telegraph
• Moody’s downgrades Irish banks – The Irish Times
• FT Alphaville » A two-tiered municipal bond market?
• BMO downgraded on acquisition | Trading Desk | National Post
• China frets about spreading EU debt woes| Reuters
• Pimco says ‘untenable’ policies will lead to eurozone break-up – Telegraph

Social/Political Environment

• Probable carcinogen hexavalent chromium found in drinking water of 31 U.S. cities
• ‘Austerity’ tops web search word list – The Irish Times
• Q&A: Julian Assange, Publisher & Editor, WikiLeaks
• Bloody battle in Belarus capital: News24: World: News

Tech Stuff

• Android Developers Team Wants You to Root Your Phone, Hopes Manufacturers Catch On – Droid Life: A Droid Community Blog
• Tonight will be the darkest night of the past 500 years
• Hulu freezes IPO plan, mulls more pay services: report| Reuters
• How to Fix "Installation Unsuccessful" Errors in the Android Market