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* Morning Call: U.S. futures signal rebound, London falls early, crude prices slip, European shares tumble and the Nikkei hits 5-week low.
* Barry Ritholtz: Sell the bounce
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* Tim Geithner: It was a terrible process, but a good result
* What debt crisis? The best bet last month was U.S. treasuries
* Zack Whittaker: Patriot Act affects European cloud adoption
* You’d better shop around: Doing due diligence on your venture capitalist
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* New world order of global sovereigns: When corporations have better credit ratings
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