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Market tone: Stock futures sharply lower; dollar higher; Treasurys higher; Nymex crude down at $84.73; gold lower at $1,897.66.

Franc plunges after SNB pegs it to euro. The Swiss franc was -7.5% vs. the dollar and -7.9% vs. the euro midday in Europe after the Swiss National Bank set a minimum exchange rate of 1.20 francs per euro to counter the strength of the currency and its safe-haven status. Citing "an acute threat to the Swiss economy," the SNB said it "is prepared to buy foreign currency in unlimited quantities." http://on.ft.com/palhSs http://read.bi/qYx8NG

Everything You Need To Know About How The Stock Market Typically Behaves In September http://read.bi/n3waJw

Who is the doomiest of all? http://on.ft.com/p8q3XB

What Is Going On? http://bit.ly/oUAnCu

WHALEN: And now a word from a job creator … http://bit.ly/pKZiv3

Wall Street Has Been Consistently Over-Bullish On Job Growth For The Past Decade http://read.bi/oi2Jb7

Huge General Strike Hits Italy

Italy's largest union, the CGIL, is holding a huge general strike today against the Italian government's austerity cuts, reports The Guardian. http://read.bi/ouRovK

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