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Treasury’s Cassandra: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner keeps warning Congress that not raising the debt limit will create a financial catastrophe. Is anyone in Congress listening?
Related: Marketplace spoke to professional investors who said that the chaos that would ensue if the debt ceiling is not raised “would make Lehman Brothers look like a joke.”
Mergers & Acquisitions
Snack Time: Diamond Foods – the maker of Pop Secret popcorn and Emerald Nuts – is going to buy Pringles from Procter & Gamble for $2.35 billion.
Investing
Stock Markets
Oracle Ennui: Andrew Ross Sorkin asks why Warren Buffett, who has been ruthlessly protective of his reputation and integrity, has been quiet about the trades of his deputy, David Sokol.
Apple cored: About 20% of the Nasdaq-100 index come from Apple shares. The stock exchange is rebalancing the index to give other companies a chance.
Bond Markets
Municipal Bonds: Are the pension woes of states like Wisconsin and Illinois weighing on the municipal bond markets? Or are they irrelevant?
The Washington Matrix
Google Eyed: The FTC and Justice Department may fight it out to see who gets to investigate Google for allegedly dominating the Web search business.
Can’t Win ‘Em All: The Fed gave money to 100 banks that failed anyway.
American Competitiveness: Marketplace Morning co-host Jeremy Hobson interviews U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. One takeaway: Duncan says he believes the U.S. will lead in college graduates again.
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