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  1. Encouraged to hear that Pres. Obama plans to focus extensively on cutting the federal deficit in his State of the Union address for 2010.
  2. Firmly agrees with Henry Kaufman’s opinion in WSJ that new regulations should prohibit formation of too-big-to-fail financial conglomerates.
  3. It’s a reflection on departing CEO Ken Lewis’s stewardship that no clear successor has emerged from within BofA's internal organization.
  4. If AIG chief executive officer Robert Benmosche now feels he wants to quit, it would be in the company’s best interests to let him do so.
  5. Following Supreme Court’s hearing of oral arguments in Bilski and Warsaw v. Kappos on extending patent protection to new business methods.
  6. Wishes Bill Clinton a successful outcome in speaking to Senate Democrats about health care legislation during their weekly caucus today.
  7. Wonders who will meet the not-unassuming asking price of $3.3m for the unassuming house in Braunau, where Adolf Hitler was born in 1889.
  8. What does RNC Chairman Michael Steele mean by “bloated debt, government expenditures and growth,” given George W. Bush’s track record?
  9. Given an improving business outlook, G.M.’s U-turn decision to keep its Opel and Vauxhall operations makes sound strategic sense.
  10. A question for Hillary Clinton in pondering the whereabouts of Al Qaeda in Pakistan: “Who, or why, or which, or what, is the Akond of Swat?”
  11. Wonders how writer-director Richard Curtis's new movie "Pirate Radio" wound up costing more than $50 million to make.
  12. Takes issue with U.K. Foreign Sec. David Miliband that Tony "Opt-Out" Blair would not be a divisive choice for the new job of EU President.
  13. Finds it hard to argue with Luxembourg PM Jean-Claude Juncker’s criticism of Tony Blair’s candidacy as the European Union’s first President.
  14. Wonders if the economic value of businesses comprising Citigroup or Bank of America are worth more individually than in combination?
  15. Pleased by DOE's announcement of $3.4 billion in smart-grid grants to effect a revolution in electrical power generation and management.
  16. Displeased by Microsoft's announcement that MSN Direct Service ends January 1, 2012, after which updates won’t be available to GPS devices.
  17. Puzzled why former British P.M. Tony Blair should have become the presumed favorite for the new post of President of the European Council.
  18. Agrees with the NASA Blue-Ribbon Committee recommendation that commercial companies should handle ferrying astronauts to low Earth orbit.
  19. Agrees with comment by Neelie Kroes, EU Competition Commissioner: "While some banks are too big to fail, none is too big to restructure."
  20. Astounded by financial self-levitation demonstrated by BofA and Citigroup in average $18 million per person paid to top executives in 2008.