1.0 link 126463 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/harold-pollack/a-terrible-day-for-the-ec_b_126463.html Today, Lehman Brothers is filing paperwork for bankruptcy. Merrill Lynch is selling itself at fire sale prices. Insurance giant AIG is pleading for federal loans. The auto industry wants loan guarantees. Our flawed twin pillars of private mortgages, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, have already imploded. Millions of Americans are in danger of foreclosure or are seeing jaw-dropping declines in the value of their homes. Asian, and European stock markets have dropped sharply. The Dow Jones is down nearly 300...

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