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Shades of 1929 for Chesapeake’s Aubrey McClendon October 11, 2008 at 12:24pm Risk-taking caught up to Aubrey McClendon, the outspoken energy company CEO who helped fund the Swift Boat attacks against John Kerry four years ago and has been busy touting the benefits of compressed natural gas in TV ads this election cycle. Read more → Accused businessman Tom Petters gave piles of cash to nonprofits, politicians October 11, 2008 at 11:06am Thomas J. Petters gave hundreds of thousands of dollars to political candidates, Democrats and Republicans alike. And he has given millions to institutions of higher education. Read more →		GM discussing merger with Chrysler, Times reports October 11, 2008 at 10:31am General Motors is weighing a merger with Chrysler, The New York Times reports. Read more → Sumner Redstone to sell $400 million stake in CBS and Viacom October 11, 2008 at 9:03am In what looks like a margin call of massive proportions, billionaire media tycoon Sumner Redstone is being forced to unload $400 million worth of nonvoting shares in CBS and Viacom. Read more →
GM discussing merger with Chrysler, Times reports October 11, 2008 Sumner Redstone to sell $400 million stake in CBS and Viacom October 11, 2008 Goldman Sachs’ network extends around the world October 10, 2008 A disaster for most is a gold mine for Gerald J. Ford October 10, 2008 AIG will get another $37.8 billion from the Fed October 9, 2008		Weathermen prosecutor dismisses efforts to tie Obama to Ayers October 10, 2008 Nicholas Cafardi resigns as Catholic college trustee after pro-Obama column October 9, 2008 Former ‘HillRaiser’ Norman Hsu faces new charges October 8, 2008 Businessman Tom Petters poses flight risk, judge rules October 8, 2008 Supreme Court justices lose freebie memberships October 7, 2008
View Larger Map Retired AIG exec pays $3.45 million cash for Central Park South coop Robert M. Sandler retired as an executive vice president from American International Group in April – less than six months before the insurance giant was rescued from the brink of collapse by an $85-billion federal bailout. Earlier this week, Sandler and his wife, Annette, paid $3.45 million in cash for a three-bedroom coop at 150 Central Park South.		Homer Simpson: another frustrated voter Homer Simpson’s choice for the next president of the United States has leaked to the internet. According to a clip from an upcoming episode of Fox’s long-running cartoon, The Simpsons, Homer’s endorsement is for Barack Obama.
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