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Pre-Marketing: Borders on the brink

* Final chapter? Borders on the brink of liquidation

* Bill Gross: Don’t mess with the debt ceiling

* GAO: Volcker Rule enforcement will be difficult

* Joe Weisenthal: Why the treasuries market isn’t freaking out over a U.S. default

* It’s always sunny in Philadelphia: Private equity pros buy yet another pro sports team

* Morning Call: U.S. futures point higher, London falls on U.S. debt concerns, European shares rebound and the Nikkei retreats.

* What mortgage hit? JPMorgan profits rise

* Sheril Kirshenbaum: Facebook might be to blame for your divorce

* MG Siegler: Amazon’s tablet is no threat to Apple, but it’s a huge threat to Google

* Tom Ranken: Don’t believe the negativity, cleantech is creating lots of jobs

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* Registrar: 75% of home mortgages in one Massachusetts county are illegal (more here)

* Justin Singer: Unless we’ve managed to outgrow our humanity, there will be a tech bubble

* Tweet of the Day: @mattyglesias Even if there’s no direct incentive for congressmen to understand policy, I’d think members might take a hobbyist interest in it.