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Locut0s (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 08:39 PM Original message |
What do you think the real risks of Merill Lynch and AIG et al collapsing?? |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
1. Bank of America bought Merrill tonight |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 08:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. And paid almost twice what the market thought it was worth |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 09:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. It doesn't make any sense, does it? What's going on? n/t |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 09:04 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Something underhanded, I think |
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Locut0s (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 08:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Holly shit. This sounds scarry too though... |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 08:55 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Maybe they know something about the upcoming election... |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
2. Merrill has been bought. AIG is selling bunches of stuff. |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 08:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. AIG is selling it's best performing assets... |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 08:47 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. They're toast, but evaporating is better than blowing up. |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 08:52 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. I'm not sure... |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 09:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. "It is weird to see name companies disappear." |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 09:07 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Lehman Brothers was founded in the fiftes... |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
4. What They're Saying on CNBC |
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soleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 10:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. NY Times says if that happens, company could be dead in 72 hrs |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
6. just more Bu$hit Co eliminating competition for the big banks..just like his daddy did |
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ChazII (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
9. Scary thoughts. |
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