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Here's Jon Stewart on Comedy Central. In this episode, bad weather prevents CEOs of the three biggest financial institutions from attending a meeting with President Obama.

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Swedes want to join euro - Independent.ie Spain tops ‘misery index’ - Independent.ie (Misery loves company, though.) Capital One, Discover credit-card charge-offs rise | Reuters RBS CEO Hester Attacks ‘Politicization’ of Bank…

In Corsica, Pigs Roam, Bulls Fly -- And People Get Out of the Way - WSJ.com (Page one in today's WSJ) Other articles Democrats Drop Plan to Expand Medicare - WSJ.com Roy Greenslade: Buffett - my newspaper ownership is not…

There has been quite a lot of hub-bub today about President Obama’s fat cat remarks and his meeting with bankers exhorting them to lend. Let me tie these events in with a few other themes into a comprehensive picture of what is happening in…

Obama Gives Himself a B-Plus -- Political Wire British Airways Cabin Crew to Stage Christmas Strike - Bloomberg.com Paul Krugman - Disaster and Denial - NYTimes.com (On deregulation and the inability to use facts to sway…

There will be no Dubai sovereign default. The government of oil-rich Abu Dhabi surprised investors this morning in announcing a $10 billion rescue package to pay for upcoming obligations of embattled Dubai World. Below Richard…

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