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- Occupy Wall Street gets set to take on the housing crisis. [CNN Money]
- Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner arrived in Europe today “for a three-day blitz of euro zone officials to urge them to take decisive action to backstop their currency union and resolve a crushing debt crisis.” [Reuters]
- Congress is investigating how complex financial instruments are used by investors for the purpose of tax dodging. [Bloomberg]
- Jon Corzine reportedly ignored several warnings that his firm, MF Global, was taking on too much risk before it collapsed. [Wall Street Journal]
- Govs. Jerry Brown (D-CA) and Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) are looking at ways to increase taxes on the wealthiest taxpayers in their states. [Wall Street Journal]
- The European Union is launching an antitrust investigation against Apple and five major publishing houses. [Associated Press]
- House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) plans to unveil a series of proposed changes to the congressional budget process today. [The Hill]
- California public schools “face the prospect of slashing up to a week of instruction, canceling bus services, or laying off nonteaching staff in the middle of this school year” due to the state’s ongoing fiscal problems. [Education Week]
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