I've heard all that schiff for years - banks, Greece, Cyprus, Italy, Syria, North Korea, GD2, ad infinitum, both those articles were in today's newspaper.
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Week 44 Wrap: Relatively boring week ahead of US election; HotCopper's most watched; Oz inflation at 3.5%