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Morning reading.

Should The SEC Hire Bounty-Hunters? | Cate Long Reuters

Too Fast To Fail: Is High-Speed Trading the Next Wall Street Disaster? (Great Read)

REVEALED - The Juiciest Parts Of The S&P Lawsuit (From The Emails)...

China Gold Imports From Hong Kong SURGE 94%

America's Faustian Deal With The Devil Of War (Great Read)

Judge Napolitano On Drone Strikes: "Nowhere Justifiable Under The Constitution"

ON THE BRINK: Chinese Naval Vessel Locks Onto Japanese Warship

Japan Moves Closer To Conflict With China - Wash Po

John Bolton: Obama Can Legally Order Drone Strikes Against U.S. Citizens

Scarborough On Drones: If Bush Had Done This, He Would Have Been Destroyed

Snowiest Winter In 100 Years Paralyzes Moscow - PHOTOS

Going For The Kill: Is Icahn Trying To Bankrupt J.C. Penney? | Zero Hedge

BUBBLE 2.0 - Huge Number Of Start-Ups Are Worth A Billion Dollars - NY Times

Art Cashin - Social Security Will Lose BIG In Immigration Reform | Zero Hedge

CBO: Budget Deficit Estimate Drops Below $1 Trillion

Military Spending: U.S. Vs. The Rest Of The World | The Economist (Great Chart)

Student Loan Bubble Forces Yale, Penn To Sue Their Own Students

JPMorgan Joins Rental Rush For Wealthy Clients - Bloomberg

SEC Rethinks the Penny Tick In Stock Trading - CNBC John Carney

Euro Mafia Investigation Finds Suspected Fixing In 680 Soccer Matches

From CNBC earlier today on Hostess:

Twinkies union issues threat.

"We are here to work with credible bidders to get started right away with a great work-force; on the other hand, if bidders don't want to work with us (and re-hire Hostess employees), the union will ask the AFL-CIO to put any Hostess product on its 'boycott product' list."

Photos by William Banzai7...

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[DailyBail]

Amazon Coins: Retail Giant Announces Its Own Currency

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/02/05/amazon-coins-retail-giant_n_2622696.html?just_reloaded=1

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The World's Richest Countries And Biggest Economies, In 2 Graphics

http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/05/30/153950742/the-worlds-richest-countries-and-biggest-economies-in-2-graphics

[DailyBail]

Dell’s ‘Mr Denali’ Talks Said to Break Up a Few Times Over Price

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-06/dell-s-mr-denali-talks-said-to-break-up-a-few-times-over-price.html

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The U.S. lawsuit against Standard & Poor’s raises pressure to accelerate competition in the ratings industry while the government itself has adopted rules that left the business dominated by the same companies whose flawed grades sparked the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-06/s-p-lawsuit-undermined-by-sec-rules-impeding-ratings-competition.html

[DailyBail]

Magnitude 8 Quake Near Solomon Islands Triggers Tsunami

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-06/magnitude-8-quake-near-solomon-islands-triggers-tsunami-warning.html

[DailyBail]

Volvo Earnings Plunge 84%

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-06/volvo-earnings-plunge-84-amid-job-cuts.html

[DailyBail]

Obama Says U.S. Needs Revenue Along With Spending Cuts

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-03/obama-says-u-s-needs-revenue-along-with-spending-cuts.html

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TIME's Michael Duffy: Clinton-Biden Would Be A "Dream Ticket"

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2013/02/04/times_michael_duffy_clinton-biden_would_be_a_dream_ticket.html

I might move to Spain if this happens.

[DailyBail]

Postal Service to drop Saturday mail

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/postal-service-to-drop-saturday-mail-report-2013-02-06

[DailyBail]

Lance Armstrong subject of criminal probe

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/lance-armstrong-subject-of-criminal-probe-report-2013-02-06

[DailyBail]

Woman Gives Judge Middle Finger, Gets 30-Day Sentence for Contempt

http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/Woman-Gives-Judge-Middle-Finger-Gets-30-Day-Sentence-for-Contempt-189691991.html

[John]

I would swim to Iceland...

[SKINFLINT]

Don't know if any of you have ever driven a Mack truck. In a couple of iterations of blue collardom, I was lucky enough to drive them. This was before Volvo became involved. You just could not kill them. Perhaps the best plain Jane no frills beast of a truck there ever was. They have a plant in Hagerstown which is over the mountain where Camp David is located. Just saying if you ever get the chance.