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George Soros, founder of Soros Fund Management LLC, attends the Azim Premji University Public Lecture Series in Bangalore, India, on Monday, Jan. 9, 2012. Billionaire investor Soros said Europe's sovereign-debt woes are "more serious" than the financial crisis of 2008 and that the world faces the prospect of a "vicious circle" of deflation. Photographer: Namas Bhojani/Bloomberg via Getty Images

George Soros, founder of Soros Fund Management LLC, attends the Azim Premji University Public Lecture Series in Bangalore, India, on Monday, Jan. 9, 2012. Billionaire investor Soros said Europe's sovereign-debt woes are "more serious" than the financial crisis of 2008 and that the world faces the prospect of a "vicious circle" of deflation. Photographer: Namas Bhojani/Bloomberg via Getty Images