Good morning… Trading is set to resume, but it will take a lot longer to get things back to normal again…

• http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/31/us-storm-sandy-nyse-idUSBRE89T13F20121031
• http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/ded3ecc2-226f-11e2-8edf-00144feabdc0.html
• http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-30/nyse-floor-is-fine-working-to-open-tomorrow-spokesman-says.html
• http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-10-30/sandy-total-loss-estimate-100-billion

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Weather related fatalities in the US. The decline in lightening deaths is remarkable…

• http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/wp/2012/10/30/weather-fatalities-in-one-chart/??

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Growth! Deutsche bank tells us where we can find it. Mongolia for example???

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Another nice chart showing how difficult forecasting really is???

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Martin Wolf on the four economic challenges facing the US and which candidate is the best to adress them

http://im.ft-static.com/content/images/d26621d0-22c4-11e2-938d-00144feabdc0.img

• http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/14054388-1f77-11e2-b273-00144feabdc0.html

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Share buybacks are on the rise again. Whether that is good news or bad is a question of taste.

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• http://www.zerohedge.com/contributed/2012-10-30/fed-subsidizing-corporate-eps

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A brilliant (and huge) chart showing the ups and downs in the US political situation

• http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-10-30/you-dont-know-congress-ultimate-infographic

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