Sitting at the table at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York Saturday as Wall Street's top bankers tried to hammer out a deal to save Lehman from liquidation, Merrill's chief executive John Thain realized his firm could be next if he didn't strike a deal with a bank.

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He is due to meet top EU officials on Tuesday to hammer out details of what changes Budapest is willing to make to the laws to comply with EU treaties.

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Revelation is really like one of those old-fashioned editorial drawings where Labor is a pair of overalls and a hammer, and Capital a bag of money in a tuxedo and top hat, and Economic Justice a woman in flowing robes, with a worried look.

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