$$$FOMC Minutes Show Broad Support for Bernanke Taper Timeline [Bloomberg]
$$$Rising Markets Hit Short Sellers [WSJ]
$$$Former Chesapeake Chief Lines Up $1.2 Billion in Funding for Utica Shale Deals [WSJ]
$$$Cauldron of hawks emerges on Fed policy committee [NetNet]
$$$Twitter Wants Everyone to Chill About Its IPO [DI]
$$$Brevan, Caxton, Tudor Take Early Aug. Losses [FINalternatives]
$$$SEC's JPMorgan probe threatens cozy tradition of "client hires" [Reuters]
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