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- President Obama is reportedly ready to veto any bill pertaining to the so called “fiscal cliff” that does not raise tax rates on the wealthy. [Washington Post]
- New housing starts hit their highest level in four years last month. [Wall Street Journal]
- Greek workers are holding a second nationwide strike in three weeks today. [New York Times]
- China’s economic growth last quarter fell to its lowest level since 2009. [CNN Money]
- The number of bad loans held by Spanish banks hit a record high in August. [Reuters]
- A bipartisan pair of senators sent a letter to regulators yesterday urging them to implement stronger capital requirements for the nation’s big banks. [The Hill]
- High-frequency traders have gotten so fast, “they seem to have outrun their own profitability.” [Businessweek]
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