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Richard Cohen – Meet Lady Subprime – washingtonpost.com The French have the comely Marianne, the British have the fetching Britannia, and we have the welcoming Lady Liberty. May I now suggest, at least for the duration of the current recession, a new feminine emblem of our times: Marvene Halterman of Avondale, Ariz. At age 61, [...]

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Prosper.com Shutdown by SEC

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Obama Backs Workers Staging Sit-In CHICAGO (Dec. 8) – Laid-off workers staging a sit-in at their abruptly shuttered factory are “going strong” and have no plans to give up the protest over severance and vacation pay, a union leader said Monday. Representatives of the Republic Windows and Doors plant were to meet later Monday with [...]

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Lil’ O’Reilly goes after Barney Frank in this parody of the infamous Bill O’Reilly vs. Barney Frank verbal brawl.

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Anyone willing to chain themselves to prevent foreclosure has courage. But even if she can keep her home I think the mortgage payment would be like a chain around her. I don’t think there should be a mortgage moratorium.

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Oprah’s Favorite Things 2008 is going to be funny today. I can’t wait after the audience goes ape-crazy about Oprah’s Favorite Things to hear her say “This is going to be a frugal favorite things show.” I can’t wait for the reactions to the $6 gifts she is giving away. It is going to be [...]

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Bill O’Reilly Attacks Barney Frank on Wall Street Mess . Bill O’Reilly is out of control.

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Anthony Robbins said today on The Today Show that we are in new season: Winter. “Fast Car” is a song that best sums up these uncertain times.

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What’s next after Playboy’s “Women of Wall Street” issue? The Women of Subprime Lending? Women who lost money in their 401K? NEW YORK (Reuters) – Playboy magazine is offering a new way to lose your shirt on Wall Street. The adult entertainment magazine, long famous for its photo spreads of nude women and lessons in [...]

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It seems only bad things happen on September 29. * 1916 – John D. Rockefeller becomes the first billionaire. * 1941 – World War II: Holocaust in Kiev, Ukraine: German Einsatzgruppe C starts Babi Yar massacre. According to the Einsatzgruppen Operational Situation Report No. 101, at least 33,771 Jews from Kiev and its suburbs were [...]

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With stock sinking, WaMu appears headed for sale: Financial News – Yahoo! Finance The New York Times, citing unidentified people familiar with the matter, said an auction of the bank was already under way, and The Wall Street Journal reported Wells Fargo & Co. and Citigroup Inc. expressed interest in a takeover.

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