For much of the life of the Euro, France and Germany have been allies but now, while the German economy soars, France is touching bottom, and it has little to do with bank debt.

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That was the newspaper industry touching bottom.

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Some traders may suggest the March 2009 bottom as a key point of support, and an area that BP is coming close to touching.

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