Germany might consider exiting monetary union in coming years to protect price stability as the Greek crisis threatens to turn the euro area into a region of “fiscal profligacy,” Morgan Stanley said. Read more..

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Eighteen months after the failure of Lehman Brothers, writers seeking to make sense of the debacle have had their say. But two late-comers to the party, Roger Lowenstein and Michael Lewis, have produced books original and elegant enough to stand out from the crowd, Daniel Gross writes in his review of “The End of Wall Street” and “The Big Short.” Read more..

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The outspoken banking analyst Richard X. Bove wants the leaders of Goldman Sachs to “fall on their swords” after the firm was accused of securities fraud. Read more..

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The sprawling investigation into the state pension fund has reached the office of the current state comptroller, Thomas P. DiNapoli, The New York Times reported. Read more..

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Production problems with two drugs for rare inherited diseases have left patients in pain and may have led to one death. Read more..

By ANDREW POLLACK - The New York Times

The number of married couples caught engaging in insider trading, stock manipulation or running a Ponzi scheme appears to be on the rise, Reuters writes. Read more..

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Thomas Cook, Europe’s second-biggest travel firm, said on Friday it had raised over $1 billion through new sterling and euro bond issues with the proceeds to be used for general corporate purposes, Reuters reported. Read more..

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The worst global financial crisis in 70 years arrived in Saint-Étienne this month, as embedded financial obligations began to blow up. Read more..

By ALAN KATZ - International Herald Tribune

The worst global financial crisis in 70 years arrived in Saint-Étienne this month, as embedded financial obligations began to blow up, Bloomberg News reports. A bill came due for 1.18 million euros, or $1.6 million, owed to Deutsche Bank under a contract that initially saved the French city money. Read more..

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The venture capital industry seems to need a bit longer to recover after last year, when Silicon Valley froze in response to the economic uncertainty. Though there have been some recent signs of a thaw, and a sense of new activity and optimism in the Valley, it turns out that investment in start-ups in the first quarter was down. Read more..

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