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Super Mario to the rescue (again)

BY BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014 10:10AM

Financial markets didn't get the kitchen sink they were hoping for but the fridge - along with the promise that the kitchen sink would come later - was good enough.

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