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		<title>ECB Board Approves Bond-Buying Plan; Falcone Battles With LightSquared Creditors: Roundup</title>

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		<description><![CDATA[<p>European Central Bank President <strong>Mario Draghi</strong> won wide support from his board for a plan to <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/07/business/global/european-central-bank-leaves-interest-rates-unchanged-at-0-75-percent.html?ref=business">buy the sovereign debt</a> of euro zone countries. Rates on Spanish 10-year bonds promptly fell to levels last seen in May, and the corresponding Italian bond fell to its lowest since April.</p>
<p>LightSquared, the wireless broadband company backed by Harbinger Capital founder <strong>Phil Falcone</strong>, is <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-06/lightsquared-lenders-oppose-extending-falcone-s-control.html">battling with creditors</a> over control of the firm's bankruptcy, according to Bloomberg. LightSquared has asked a judge to extend a deadline to file a Chapter 11 plan; the creditors say, "Having nothing to lose, Mr. Falcone wants to pursue a high-risk, high-return strategy."<!--more--></p>
<p><strong>Facebook</strong> shares may get a bump when the <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/nasdaq_to_facebook_rescue_DcoqlTXVC8bXw4aowfhKHL">stock is added</a> to the Nasdaq 100, an index of the exchange's non-financial firms. It may not be enough to make up for Nasdaq's botched handling of the Facebook IPO, but every little bit helps...</p>
<p>Commodities giant<strong> Glencore </strong><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444273704577636772843149102.html?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTWhatsNewsCollection">upped its offer</a> for <strong>Xstrata</strong>, the mining company, in hopes of completing a long-anticipated merger. It remains to be seen whether Qatar Holding, the sovereign wealth fund of the Middle Eastern nation, which holds a 12 percent stake in Xstrata, sign off on the new deal. Qatar's hesitance lead Business Insider to wonder if we are seeing the rise of a <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/watch-out-for-this-dangerous-new-type-of-activist-investor-2012-9">new kind of activist investor</a>.</p>
<p>The head of the <strong>JPMorgan's</strong> chief investment office hopes his new gig is a "<a href="http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/09/06/jpmorgan-names-new-head-of-chief-investment-office/">boring job</a>.</p>
<p>After<strong> Dewey &amp; Laboeuf</strong> folded, the law firm's <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/07/nyregion/dewey-leboeuf-keeps-its-troubles-off-the-softball-field.html?_r=1">softball team</a> lived on.</p>
<p>A predecessor to<strong> SunTrust Banks</strong> invested in Coca-Cola in 1919, according to Bloomberg. What was worth $100,000 then is worth more than $2 billion now, and the firm is cashing <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-06/suntrust-sells-coke-stock-overhauls-loans-for-750-million-gain.html">most of the shares</a> to cover bad loans and other costs associated with the financial crisis.</p>
<p>On<strong> Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley </strong>and Wall Street's <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443686004577633762200758728.html?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTWhatsNewsCollection">courtship of fixed-income</a> investors (now with conference calls!).</p>
<p>Sub-par returns from brand-name <strong>private equity</strong> firms are dragging on public-employee <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443589304577635780487941126.html?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTWhatsNewsCollection">pension funds</a>.</p>
<p>French President <strong>Francoise Hollande</strong> is said to be backing down on a proposed 75 percent tax on <a href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/48937062">million-euro wage earners</a>. A revised plan would reportedly lower the top tax rate to 67 percent, and raise the threshold for couples to 2 million euros.</p>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>European Central Bank President <strong>Mario Draghi</strong> won wide support from his board for a plan to <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/07/business/global/european-central-bank-leaves-interest-rates-unchanged-at-0-75-percent.html?ref=business">buy the sovereign debt</a> of euro zone countries. Rates on Spanish 10-year bonds promptly fell to levels last seen in May, and the corresponding Italian bond fell to its lowest since April.</p>
<p>LightSquared, the wireless broadband company backed by Harbinger Capital founder <strong>Phil Falcone</strong>, is <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-06/lightsquared-lenders-oppose-extending-falcone-s-control.html">battling with creditors</a> over control of the firm's bankruptcy, according to Bloomberg. LightSquared has asked a judge to extend a deadline to file a Chapter 11 plan; the creditors say, "Having nothing to lose, Mr. Falcone wants to pursue a high-risk, high-return strategy."<!--more--></p>
<p><strong>Facebook</strong> shares may get a bump when the <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/nasdaq_to_facebook_rescue_DcoqlTXVC8bXw4aowfhKHL">stock is added</a> to the Nasdaq 100, an index of the exchange's non-financial firms. It may not be enough to make up for Nasdaq's botched handling of the Facebook IPO, but every little bit helps...</p>
<p>Commodities giant<strong> Glencore </strong><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444273704577636772843149102.html?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTWhatsNewsCollection">upped its offer</a> for <strong>Xstrata</strong>, the mining company, in hopes of completing a long-anticipated merger. It remains to be seen whether Qatar Holding, the sovereign wealth fund of the Middle Eastern nation, which holds a 12 percent stake in Xstrata, sign off on the new deal. Qatar's hesitance lead Business Insider to wonder if we are seeing the rise of a <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/watch-out-for-this-dangerous-new-type-of-activist-investor-2012-9">new kind of activist investor</a>.</p>
<p>The head of the <strong>JPMorgan's</strong> chief investment office hopes his new gig is a "<a href="http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/09/06/jpmorgan-names-new-head-of-chief-investment-office/">boring job</a>.</p>
<p>After<strong> Dewey &amp; Laboeuf</strong> folded, the law firm's <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/07/nyregion/dewey-leboeuf-keeps-its-troubles-off-the-softball-field.html?_r=1">softball team</a> lived on.</p>
<p>A predecessor to<strong> SunTrust Banks</strong> invested in Coca-Cola in 1919, according to Bloomberg. What was worth $100,000 then is worth more than $2 billion now, and the firm is cashing <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-06/suntrust-sells-coke-stock-overhauls-loans-for-750-million-gain.html">most of the shares</a> to cover bad loans and other costs associated with the financial crisis.</p>
<p>On<strong> Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley </strong>and Wall Street's <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443686004577633762200758728.html?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTWhatsNewsCollection">courtship of fixed-income</a> investors (now with conference calls!).</p>
<p>Sub-par returns from brand-name <strong>private equity</strong> firms are dragging on public-employee <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443589304577635780487941126.html?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTWhatsNewsCollection">pension funds</a>.</p>
<p>French President <strong>Francoise Hollande</strong> is said to be backing down on a proposed 75 percent tax on <a href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/48937062">million-euro wage earners</a>. A revised plan would reportedly lower the top tax rate to 67 percent, and raise the threshold for couples to 2 million euros.</p>
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