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Pre-Marketing: S&P blames default skeptics



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* S&P: Default skeptics fueled U.S. credit downgrade

* Daniel Indiviglio: Trading game to blame for manic market

* We’re no Goldman: Citadel gives up its investment bank dreams

* Morning Call: U.S. futures point lower, London opens higherEuropean shares rally and the Nikkei sinks.

* Mike Konczal: The Fed dissenters

* Chart of the Day: Geography of job loss

* From the VIX: Yesterday’s rally is not sustainable

* Happy Birds? Rovio raising new funding at $1.2 billion valuation

* Rob Go: Should entrepreneurs meet with VCs for early feedback?

* Martin Zwilling: 7 skills not found at birth in most entrepreneurs

* Innovation alert: Zen and the art of motorcycle monsoon maintenance

* In the huddle: BoA boss Moynihan meets with Geithner and other U.S. officials

* Zulily CEO Darrell Cavens: “All of these daily deal sites, live and die by the email open rate.”