Assorted links for January 10, 2011

1. Investment Banking Fee Decrease in Europe
2. UK will require 5 biggest banks to sign lending and pay pacts 
3. UK Prime Minister Cameron wants banks to pay smaller bonuses
4. Portugal says it is not under pressures to request a rescue from EU and IMF
5. Lehman case underscores a gap in swaps-deal interpretations
6. Chi-X Europe plans to start trading centrally cleared CFD
7. Wall Street missed a chance in China a decade ago
8. Belgian banking regulator reportedly is a top candidate for  European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)
9. Brazilian Finance Minister Guido Mantega : Currency manipulation by the U.S. and China is driving the world toward a 'Trade War'
10. Scrutiny leads U.S. banks to foreclose on fewer homes
11. Lackluster U.S. payroll report drags on Asian-Pacific share
12. Oil futures surge after a leak shuts down an Alaska pipeline