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Yesterday morning, the New York Stock Exchange's opening bell was rung by Grandma the Clown from the Big Apple Circus. The Post has details on what happened next: Master of Ceremonies Carrie "Harvey and Grandma wandered the floor trying to spread joy and merriment, placing funny red noses on exchange officials to touch the funny bones of even the most shaken traders."

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.!

Last month the New Kids on the Block (or if you prefer, NKOTB) reunited on the Today Show to announce they were...reuniting. This morning they returned to play some tunes at a rainy Rockefeller Plaza (at press time a nostalgia-packed medley is going down), and fans lined the streets to get in. Guest of a Guest reports from the frontlines, saying, "we almost tripped over NKOTB votaries camping on 48th Street as we were en route to a lunch date at Saks."