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    FDIC Friday - 2009

    Well, all was quiet the first 2 weeks. Now here's the first 2 banks for 2009. Press Releases Republic Bank of Chicago Acquires All the Deposits of National Bank of Commerce, Berkeley, IL FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 16, 2009 Media Contact: LaJuan Williams-Dickerson (202)...
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    CNBC says Madoff may never go to jail - LA. man gets 15 yrs for $100 theft

    considering he wore a bullet-proof vest to his hearing the other day....I'd say he's a trite worried.
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    Film, Porn Shoots Sought by Los Angeles Homeowners Hit by Slump

    I thought they were 1099's :eek:
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    Guy tries faking his own death

    guy's got a plan: http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/13/missing.pilot/ " Unaware of the crash, the officers took Schrenker to a hotel in nearby Harpersville. After hearing about the crash, they went back to the hotel, where they found that Schrenker had checked in under a fictitious name and...
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    Re-Testing old lows...back to Nov 24th...new target is 650 for the S&P

    maybe that's the real secret in all this :D
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    Even the porn industry wants a bailout...

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/07/porn-bailout-larry-flynt_n_155878.html :D
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    Manhattan apartment prices fall, will drop further

    depending on your spot/area, some of these places that close get a makeover and reopen under new management as something else... ...only to fail again within a short time and close... ...then the cycle begins anew...
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    Average credit-card rate was 14.33 percent on Dec. 16 in US

    ^^^and still have it raised on you even if you are a good customer :D
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    Hyundai: Lose Your Job, Return Your Car

    Smart, or desperate? http://www.latimes.com/business/careers/work/la-fi-hyundai6-2009jan06,0,2449126.story January 6, 2009 A big reason auto sales have tanked in recent months is the sharp rise in unemployment. Folks who are worried about losing their jobs aren't likely to take on the...
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    California may pay taxpayer income tax refunds in April with IOUs

    2nd that as I'm also a Masshole. Don't forget the statewide health care plan (which payments sent are outsourced to a company in New Jersey) and we'll fine you if you don't have some type of health care period, it's 2nd largest city (Springfield) that needed a bridge loan to avoid bankruptcy...
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    In the next 30 days...

    if not 30 days, soon enough... http://moneycentral.msn.com/inc/news/providerredir.asp?feed=AP&date=20081229&id=9478140
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    CNBC's Suzy Orman...100 most?

    http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1733748_1733752_1736278,00.html
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    Why the car dealerships are folding

    indeed...awesome your battery made it that long. Mine actually made it about that in a '98 Corolla....just had to replace it finally ~1 year ago. Twas some generic brand name too. At the bare least, keep an eye on it.
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    The list of madoff losers keeps on growing

    gives complete new meaning to "oh wat a tangled web we weave..." not to mention 6 degrees of separation. yeesh. Madoff didn't work all of this. I think he got the first few levels involved...which then had their connections, which then had THEIR connections, etc. etc...so once the top...
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    'Bush shoe' creates 100 new jobs (Economics)

    what else can we throw at him...
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    How much would you pay to *know* when the real estate bull market starts?

    but if you call in the next 10 minutes we'll double your order!
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    Buick dealer lot one mile away - now empty

    about hmm, 2 months or so ago...local Chevy dealer one town over just closed up w/o much if any warning. Been in business for 25 years.
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    Shopping Mall Traffic - post your experience

    shopped locally last Saturday night. Crowds were so-so...maybe slightly more due to the holidays. But not packed. Some stores were dead, others were busy that were going out of business (i.e. KB Toys), some slightly higher then "normal" discounts, but didn't look like too many buyers overall.
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    OPEC just got kicked in the face!

    Just play the game now with these rules in place. i.e. speculate. Of course we probably just won't see "record" quarterly profits for a while now :cool:
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    Bush to make auto announcement @9:00

    they don't want to change. At all. They'd apparently rather blow up everything and walk away then take any cut/concession. I like the band-aid comment...the fact now that the autoworkers union has to come up with change by 12/31/09 to be "competitive with foriegn companies." What's to...
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