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Tumblr, and its cool-kid status, may be worth $1 billion to Yahoo

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Relax, banks' risk measurements are rarely off by much more than a factor of 10

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hussein kanji: Banks’ risk measurements rarely off by much more than a factor of ten http://t.co/ychVpIBd

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hussein kanji: Banks’ risk measurements rarely off by much more than a factor of ten http://t.co/ychVpIBd

Matthew C. Klein: Interesting piece by @matt_levine on the uselessness of risk-weighted assets: http://t.co/AGAnuieo

Binyamin Appelbaum: Or as @dealbreaker puts it, "Banks’ Risk Measurements Rarely Off By Much More Than A Factor Of Ten." http://t.co/k8tm1utN

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