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As Ireland’s leaders try to limit the fallout from the tax crossfire between Apple Inc. and U.S. politicians, bond markets suggest they don’t have to worry.
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Portugal’s banks are defying a prediction by Moody’s Investors Service that the nation would need to tap bailout funds a second time to refinance lenders.
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If hemlines tell which way the stock market is headed, maybe city skylines do the same for the economy, in reverse. Tall stories often have unhappy endings.
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Product recall notices are a fact of life for consumer-product makers. Dysfunctional hinges trap tiny fingers; undesirable fluids leak into foodstuffs; and sticky accelerator pedals send cars zooming in mysterious ways, forcing manufacturers into costly withdrawals.
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A series of jokes uses the actor Chuck Norris, martial artist and star of the television program “Walker, Texas Ranger,” as a paragon of omnipotence. “Guns don’t kill people, Chuck Norris kills people,” goes one. “Chuck Norris doesn’t get wet, water gets Chuck Norris,” goes another.
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One of the proudest achievements of the euro project was ensuring government borrowing costs converged at the lower levels enjoyed by Germany rather than the higher yields paid by its less fiscally disciplined neighbors.
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The saying of radical things is easy sport among central-bank watchers. If they’re wrong, the wave of consensus erases most evidence they ever said anything at all. If, however, a wild, contrary call proves right, the rewards can be spectacular.
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Have you noticed how the needle of that market compass you inherited swings randomly from North to South and back again, no matter how often you recalibrate?
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Like a drunk at a party, the bond market is starting to bump into tables, telling off-color jokes, talking too loudly and spilling drinks. The smart guests will steer clear before he starts screaming at his shoes and wanders off to pray to the porcelain.
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The widening yield gap between 10- and 30-year German government securities suggests recent gains in Spanish and Italian bonds may prove unsustainable.
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