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Text size [+][-]  Tuesday February 9 2010GLOBAL EDITION

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09 Jun 2008 15:09

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The precedent is Hong Kong in 1998. Then, a small country’s government unexpectedly bought shares in the open market. Speculators were crushed. Iceland’s prime minister has threatened its own predators with a similar fate. But Iceland’s position is much weaker.

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