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Supercommittee appears unlikely to reach agreement-Washington Post

Spain Sells Ten-Year Bonds At Record 6.975 Yield–Record High

Via MarketWatch

Microsoft’s (MSFT) Ballmer Gets Low Support In Proxy Vote–Reuters

For the Economy’s Sake, No Quantitative Easing

By John Tamny of Forbes Try as it might, the Fed can’t push credit into an economy where demand for…

Europe’s Mixed Open: FTSE, DAX

European markets opened mixed. The FTSE 100 was down .42% to 5,106. The DAX was higher by .3% 5,445.

Facebook’s $115 billion plunge dwarfs Apple’s $60 billion drop in 2013

To me, Facebook valuation always seemed a bit frothy.

China Renews Google License

Google Inc said that the Chinese authorities had renewed its China-based search page license, according to Reuters. Douglas A. McIntyre

GOLDMAN GETS WELLS NOTICE FOR $1.3B OF SUBPRIME MBS FROM 2006–Bloomberg

GOLDMAN GETS WELLS NOTICE FOR $1.3B OF SUBPRIME MBS FROM 2006

Boston Scientific Bad Hair Day: Stent Applications Narrow

A new, very large test, shows that bare-metal stents barely work in patients with chronic chest pain who have their…