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Fears for Turkey Roil Vote on Constitution

By The Bad Banker | Published: September 8, 2010
Sunday's vote to amend Turkey's constitution is shaping up as a referendum on Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan—and whether Turks trust their prime minister to further Turkey's development as a Western-oriented democracy.


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Asia Creeps Up; NAB Gains

By The Bad Banker | Published: September 8, 2010
Asian stock markets were mostly higher Thursday with National Australia Bank gaining as its bid for AXA Asia-Pacific was blocked. The Nikkei rose 0.9%.


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BP Report Pins Most of Blame on Others

By The Bad Banker | Published: September 8, 2010
BP's internal investigation into the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig found that the British oil giant bears some responsibility for the disaster but laid most of the blame on its contractors.


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