He said investors were willing to overlook any concerns that the Fed may be less likely to step up its bond-buying plans, which some investors had expected after a Wall Street Journal article last week raised the prospect of further bond purchases by the Fed.

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There will be many people out there fed up with those jumping on the profit-making bandwagon.

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Whichever the outcome, there will be trouble for the coalition either from angry Tories or fed-up Lib Dems.

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The Tamagotchi challenge is to raise a liquid-crystal-display chick that needs to be "fed, " cleaned up and disciplined at odd intervals.

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And that seems to be the predominant response from those fed up with the onslaught of downtime-related coverage and commentary over the past two days.

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At a leverage ratio of 71:1, Grant writes, the New York Fed should be the first to be lining up executors and filing an end-of-life plan.

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