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Trichet warns on ‘complacent’ markets
Jean-Claude Trichet, president of the European Central Bank, called for concerted market action to improve transparency in global credit derivatives markets, where he said ‘opacity’ made it difficult to assess risks to the financial system.
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Warren Buffett says he invests only in companies he understands. Yet investors are also willing to own companies about which they know very little.
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Dollar weakness

The dollar peaked against the euro in October 2000 and has fallen steadily since. This can skew perceptions far beyond the currency markets, writes John Authers.
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Guns and America’s sacred rights

In Virginia, scene of Cho Seung Hui’s killing spree, guns are as difficult to come by as Mexican food in Mexico, writes Jacob Weisberg.
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