Lunch Wrap

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On FT Alphaville Wednesday morning, - A shortage of shorts. http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2009/01/21/51456/a-shortage-of-shorts/ - Nationalisation Magnus Opus. http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2009/01/21/51458/nationalisation-magnus-opus/ - Welcome to the dole queue. http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2009/01/21/51461/77900-welcome-to-the-dole-queu/ - Binary banks. http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2009/01/21/51460/binary-banks/ - Nationalisation quote du jour. http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2009/01/21/51463/nationalisation-quote-to-jour/ - Why is the yen defying economic gravity? http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2009/01/21/51462/why-the-yen-is-defying-economic-gravity/ - Lombard: Nationalisation needs prudence and patience. http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2009/01/21/51467/lombard-nationalisation-needs-prudence-and-patience/ - Credit Suisse and cyber-stalking in Markets Live. http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2009/01/21/51464/markets-live/ On FT.com, - Public finances worsen in December. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f8a8f0d0-e7a3-11dd-b2a5-0000779fd2ac.html - Lloyds and Barclays suffer further losses. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/42a01bf4-e78c-11dd-b2a5-0000779fd2ac.html - DMGT sells Standard to Lebedev. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3291c0f4-e788-11dd-b2a5-0000779fd2ac.html - Sterling drops to fresh seven-year low. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5d4a02ca-e7a1-11dd-b2a5-0000779fd2ac.html - Banking blues drag Europe lower. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ebcbf6b4-e79e-11dd-b2a5-0000779fd2ac.html

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