This comes in the wake of a potential delay by the Federal Aviation Administration in notifying the military about the Northwest Airlines flight.

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Dating back several quarters, big banks have allowed the massive reserves put aside to cover potential mortgage losses in the wake of the financial crisis to pad earnings.

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Investors seemed less concerned by the risks of digging up minerals, more by potential political obstacles in the wake of the Canadian government's intervention to block BHP Billiton's hostile takeover of Potash Corporation.

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