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The Big Apple Circus is an institution. So is the New York Stock Exchange. But given these times, was it appropriate for Grandma the Clown to ring the opening bell? (Video here.) Dealbreaker says yes, "Granted, it probably would've been more fitting for a manufacturer of ball gags and executioner's masks to ring the bell, but this works, too." In other news, the Wall Street Journal reports, "Citigroup is handing out pink slips to at least 10,000 employees" in another round of layoffs--plus raise interest rates on credit cards. T.G.I.F.!
Clown Rings Opening Bell of NYSE
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This is news? There are clowns at NYSE every day (except bank holidays)!
seems appropriate!
[1] there very well may be, but the joke's on us ;-(
"This is news? There are clowns at NYSE every day (except bank holidays)!"
And how!
That's no clown. It's Hank Paulson!
Is it just me, or are images of celebrities ringing the opening bell of the NYSE tiresome? How about the photograph of the NYSE "trader" looking haggard and forlorn after a 800-point drop in the Dow. Do they just stockpile photos of the same guy holding his mouth and staring at the heavens?
Clowns are sad.
Sad Guys on Trading Floors: http://sadguysontradingfloors.tumblr.com
Big deal, they've had politicians ring the bell before.
How do they decided who gets to ring the bell? I always thought the opening bell was rung by representatives of a company that just went public. But somehow I don't think the Big Apple Circus is a public company.
Phew. For a minute, I thought Lehman Brothers had gone back into business.
BRING ON THE CHIMPS!