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$$$Rajaratnam and 75 Other Reasons Hedge Funds Are Scared Straight [Bloomberg]

$$$J.P. Morgan’s Dimon Warns Economy Likely to Worsen [WSJ]

$$$Davos Apartment Prices Are Falling, But Not for January Rentals [Bloomberg]

$$$Fed to hike rates three times in 2016, economic outlook subdued: poll [Bloomberg]

$$$Lawmakers Want Feds To Probe Warren Buffett’s Mobile-Home Firm [BuzzFeed]

$$$Backstreet Boy Nick Carter busted in Florida bar fight [NYDN]

$$$Here's What Morgan Stanley Is Telling Its Wealthiest Clients About Uber [Bloomberg]

$$$Warren Buffett digs deeper into his big oil bet [CNBC]

$$$Driver puts Star Wars spoiler on back window [UPI]

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