Early Thursday Headlines

• GSEs' exponentially growing backing: now at $400 billion (Washington Post)
• The end of anonymous Swiss bank accounts: huge political implications (Reuters)
• European banks agree to CDS clearinghouse (Bloomberg)
• Stock rock stars (NY Post)
• Bank of Japan buying $10 billion of corporate bonds (FT)
• U.S. losing its allies one by one: Kyrgyzstan votes to close Afghanistan crucial airbase (FT)
• Stanford investors scramble to get their money back (Reuters)