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UBS currency plea coming next week; Investors like Bojangles; Puerto Rico needs cash; "Natalie Portman To Play Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg"; and more.
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$$$UBS Said Set for Currency Plea as U.S. Wants Deals on Wednesday [WSJ]

$$$Investors Choose Bojangles’ Over Shake Shack [Dealbook]

$$$Warren Buffett’s new business partner is a hard-core cost-cutter [NYP]

$$$Confessions of a Grown-Up Kick-Scooter Rider [WSJ]

$$$Queens Pizzeria Served Hot Slices with a Side of Cocaine [Gawker]

$$$Interest rates too low for this economy: Pimco CIO [CNBC]

$$$Puerto Rico warns of looming cash crunch [FT]

$$$Natalie Portman To Play Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg [Deadline]

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