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  1. JPMorgan Gave Risk Oversight to Museum Head Who Sat on AIG Board bloom.bg/JrbbLV No banking experts on $JPM 's risk ctrl committee about 3 hours ago via TweetDeck
  2. Goldman to JPMorgan Swap Trades Soar on Risks bloom.bg/KMrkZw A cheap-ish option on systemic risk rising. And not in the eurozone! $$ about 3 hours ago via TweetDeck
  3. Merkel May Be Persuaded on Euro Debt-Sharing Compromise bloom.bg/K40vT5 H/L misrepresents Merkel; does not seem likely politically about 3 hours ago via TweetDeck
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  7. Slim Family Sees European Crisis as Good Time to Invest bloom.bg/Jzsig0 Buy when there is blood running in the streets $$ #slimchance about 10 hours ago via TweetDeck
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  9. RE: To me it implies that conservative HY investors are running out of places to put money.  Yellow flag. disq.us/7ierfq about 10 hours ago via DISQUS
  10. @researchpuzzler Pettis is among the best on China. @ritholtz and John Mauldin are good friends. Trends in China r very negative... $$ about 18 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to researchpuzzler
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  13. @moiracathleen Yes. I have read of many women trafficked into prostitution, whether US-born, or outside. Who wants to be forced into sex? about 18 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to moiracathleen
  14. New from Aleph Blog The Rules, Part XXXII: Dynamic hedging only has the potential of working on deep markets.Arb... bit.ly/JOuRtK about 18 hours ago via twitterfeed
  15. @incakolanews Over beer. If you make it to Baltimore. ;) about 19 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to incakolanews
  16. @incakolanews I have adopted daughters that are beautiful, but less desirable to the kidnappers. I make efforts to protect my daughters. about 19 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to incakolanews
  17. @incakolanews What I am saying is this: I have one daughter who fits the description of what the kidnappers would like to get. Worries me. about 19 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to incakolanews
  18. The sex slavery stuff makes me sad/angry. I have daughters. $$ RT @moiracathleen: Brothels on Wheels bbc.in/K7lOCS @leafjohnson about 20 hours ago via TweetDeck
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