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- Greek leaders will form a caretaker government to oversee the country as it heads into its second election in a month. [Reuters]
- The leaders of France and Germany yesterday called on Greece to reaffirm its commitment to staying in the Eurozone. [Financial Times]
- States are diverting hundreds of millions of dollars meant for foreclosure relief to other parts of their budgets. [New York Times]
- The Department of Justice opened a preliminary investigation into JP Morgan Chase’s $2 billion trading loss. [Financial Times]
- Facebook has increased the size of its initial public offering by 25 percent. [Reuters]
- The Senate yesterday voted 78-20 to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank. [Washington Post]
- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) is attempting to force a vote on two Federal Reserve Board nominees that are being blocked by Republicans. [Bloomberg]
- Mitt Romney’s speech on the national debt yesterday was riddled with distortions. [Associated Press]
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