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Hot Links: Icahn vs Trump, Mexican Junk Bonds & Words For Our Madness

Stuff I’m Reading this Morning… US Dollar strengthening while Greece deteriorates.  (Bloomberg) Gregor‘s take on the Exxon – XTO deal.  (GregorMacdonald) EPIC: Carl Icahn vs Donald Trump for casino control.  (DealBook) Surprise, surprise:  Merrill is bullish on stocks for 2010.  (PragCap) Mexico bonds downgraded, just above junk status.  ¡Viva La Credit!  (LATimes) “We Need New…

Anticlimactic.

Let me get this straight… Citigroup Raising Tens of Billions To Pay Back TARP! The Abu Dhabi Cavalry Rides to the Rescue to Bailout Dubai! Exxon Mobil Announces $41 Billion Buyout of Nat Gas Giant XTO Energy! and the S&P 500 is up (drumroll)….. 7 points.  Dow up 32. Wake me up in January, the…