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News comments:
January is an odd month. It truly is. We are all waiting for something big to happen but it hasn't happened yet.

Today's shorts:
Spanish banks: Are they in it for the long haul? (bloomberg)

UK in real doggy doo (cityam)

Official: Hedge fund managers are really dull and boring (reuters)

EU to print special Spanish Euros (ftalphaville)

Today's longs:
Spying film to be launched (telegraph)

Gossip:
Finbar Taggit to seak counselling following this report ...(metro)