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Tssss. Talk about denial: not a word about the world ending! ???Stock futures fall on worries over "fiscal cliff"???

?????????????????? http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/21/us-markets-stocks-idUSBRE8BG0D620121221

?????????????????? http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/67fbb446-4b1d-11e2-9650-00144feab49a.html

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Yesterday I presented the Best of 2012, today 77 analysts from Wall Street take their best shot. Judge for yourself???

?????????????????? http://www.businessinsider.com/the-most-important-charts-of-2012-2012-12?op=1

?????????????????? http://daalder.posterous.com/best-of-the-web-in-2012

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???and here is another list of **kuch** pretty boring **kuch** charts from 2012

?????????????????? http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/12/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-economy-in-2012-in-34-charts/266467/

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IT spending: looks like another difficult thing to predict???

?????????????????? http://www.businessinsider.com/bank-it-spending-2012-12

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Say what?? ???Shiller: Housing Hasn???t Necessarily Bottomed Yet???

?????????????????? http://pragcap.com/shiller-housing-hasnt-necessarily-bottomed-yet

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Shifts in the world economy

?????????????????? http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-12-20/visualizing-changing-face-global-manufacturing

?????????????????? https://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/Economic_Studies/Productivity_Performance/Economic_Conditions_Snapshot_December_2012_McKinsey_Global_Survey_results_3042

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Austrian housing bubble. And 12 more of those???

?????????????????? http://www.businessinsider.com/the-post-2009-european-housing-bubble-2012-12

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