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Consumer sentiment perks up while trade gap widens (Reuters)

Reuters – Consumer sentiment hit an eight-month high in early January as Americans grew more optimistic about job prospects, a survey released on Friday showed.

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Exclusive: Angelides to lead distressed mortgage firm (Reuters)

Reuters – Phil Angelides, formerly the chairman of a federal commission who led investigations into why the financial markets collapsed, is heading an investment group that hopes to “do a good thing” for America while turning a profit from the wreckage of the housing market.

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Looming downgrades, Greek debt impasse hit euro zone (Reuters)

Reuters – Standard & Poor’s was set to downgrade the credit ratings of several euro zone countries on Friday, including France and Austria but not Germany or the Netherlands, in the first blow of the new year for the troubled single currency.

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Looming downgrades, Greek debt impasse hit euro zone (Reuters)

Reuters – Standard & Poor’s was set to downgrade the credit ratings of several euro zone countries on Friday, including France and Austria but not Germany or the Netherlands, in the first blow of the new year for the troubled single currency.

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Moody’s cuts three French banks (Reuters)

Reuters – Ratings agency Moody’s downgraded the debt of BNP Paribas , Societe Generale , and Credit Agricole on Friday, citing deteriorating liquidity and funding conditions.

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