These high-profile ousters are a direct response to the decision by regulators in Japan to close Citigroup's private bank there by next September.

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U.S. Secret Service officials told lawmakers Thursday they are arranging polygraph and drug tests for employees implicated in an alleged prostitution scandal, and additional ousters are expected in coming days.

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The possibility of ousters of governments such as we saw in Greece, Italy and Spain is also likely as national pride will beget capitulation to submit to the will of Germany.

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