October 23, 2021
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Pimco sees less than 50% chance of rate hike this week; Credit Suisse dark pool settlement; "Bride Nearly Run Over by Drunk Wedding Guest"; and more.
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$$$Credit Suisse Nears $80 Million Settlement Over Dark Pool [Bloomberg]

$$$Pimco's Ivascyn says below 50 percent chance Fed hikes rates this week [Reuters]

$$$Banks Wanted to Keep the CDS Market to Themselves [BloombergView / Matt Levine]

$$$Was Tom Hayes Running the Biggest Financial Conspiracy in History? [Bloomberg]

$$$Bride Nearly Run Over by Drunk Wedding Guest [Newser]

$$$Silicon Valley’s healthy energy drink heading to NYC [NYP]

$$$$75 million cake sets price record [CNBC]

$$$Man skips shower for 12 years, uses bacterial spray to keep clean [UPI]

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