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• Ireland Open to Letting Banks Renegotiate Debt Tuesday, 12 Oct 2010 | 7:01 AM ET

  

  Ireland has opened the door to a renegotiation with senior bondholders of its two nationalized banks despite previously opposing any such move. The FT reports.

• Google Plans Alternative Inflation Index Using Web Data Tuesday, 12 Oct 2010 | 4:20 AM ET

  

  The internet giant is using its vast database of web shopping data to construct the ‘Google Price Index’ – a daily measure of inflation. The Financial Times reports.

• Easing 'Tough Call,' Jobless Rate Won't Top 10%: Bullard Friday, 8 Oct 2010 | 9:21 AM ET

  

  A decision on the next round of buying assets at the Federal Open Market Committee's meeting will be difficult to take as the risk of a double-dip recession has receded, St. Louis Fed president James Bullard told CNBC Friday.

• Austerity Will Push Euro to $1.50 by Year End: Economist Thursday, 7 Oct 2010 | 5:51 AM ET

  

  The euro will keep rising and will likely end the year at up to $1.50, as the European Central Bank pursues a highly deflationary policy, despite buying euro-denominated bonds, economist Warren Mosler, founder and principal of broker/dealer AVM, told CNBC.com.

• Commentary: That's Right, Blame the Germans Wednesday, 6 Oct 2010 | 9:01 AM ET

  If there is any lesson the Germans should have learnt from two lost wars and the Great Depression, then it is that they must avoid inflation.

• Fed Officials Beginning to Make Intentions Clearer Friday, 1 Oct 2010 | 5:49 PM ET

  

  In the clearest calls yet by Federal Reserve officials to pump more cash into the economy, two Fed policymakers said Friday that more action would likely be needed unless the outlook improves.