2008: The year of the bankruptcies. Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown	(19)
		Old and busted: subprime mortgages. New hotness: rolling over car loans	(79)

(Consumerist)		Thinking that their customers are stupid, Best Buy is selling $50 Sirius gift cards for $55. An extended warranty may be available	(41)
		Richard Branson wants to launch up to 5000 people a year directly into the Aurora Borealis. What could possibly go wrong?	(26)
(Some Guy)		Macy's to let go of 900 people, 2 Peanuts balloons	(17)
(Daily Bulletin)		Record store manager optimistic about survival; "There's still profit to be eked out". Yeah, that's what the guys at Montgomery Ward said, too	(18)

		Toyota reveals new Honda Ridgeline	(91)
		Ruby Tuesday remodeling its restaurants away from clones of Applebee's, Chili's, and Friday's, in hopes of boosting business. TFA says the menu is undergoing "upgrading"	(78)
		Miami Herald outsources some newspaper work to India. Readers eagerly anticipate coverage like "Dolphins of Miami kick many touchdown but fail to win ballgame of foot." Actually, it may not be that different	(15)
		Publisher of the Seattle Times, one of the last independents, says game over to newspapers. If only there were some other revenue model newspapers could adopt, maybe involving some kind of computer thing	(17)
		Personal robots becoming mainstream consumer items. Sarah Connor seen doing extra pull-ups	(20)
		Employers can now cut health benefits for retirees over 65, seeing as how they're just going to die anyway	(20)
(Some Guy)		Wal-Mart ditches movie download service. In related news: Wal-Mart had a movie download service?	(6)
		Starbucks actually helps mom and pop coffeehouses	(46)
		US Airways recalls some laid-off flight attendants. Man, were they hot	(15)
		Many of Norway's corporations will be forced to close because they don't have 40 percent women on their boards. Line of armored trucks seen headed towards Swedish border	(25)
		"Market for doorknobs slowly losing its grip. Levers expected to gain upper hand one day"	(85)

		Remember all those I.T. workers that were laid off? Well, they've moved on (subby included)	(48)
		McDonald's has made more millionaires, and especially black and Hispanic millionaires, than any other economic entity ever, anywhere	(51)
		U.S. Mint to release four new gold dollar coins because the last one worked out so well	(55)
(sec.gov)		All you people who held onto your SCOX stock, hoping you would make a fortune when they finished their Novell and IBM lawsuits -- you have some nice toilet paper now	(24)
		Apple stock hits $200 for the first time. Jim Cramer seen drinking cheap scotch on a linoleum floor	(33)
(Bloomberg)		Some dollar strategists expect it to gain three percent over the euro in 2008	(24)
		Having trouble activating the $10 Wal-Mart gift cards your cheap-ass relatives gave you? You aren't alone	(22)
		Chinese vodak makers demandng Hong Kong regulation banning booze-fueled lunches be struck down	(14)
		From the "2000s are the new 80s" files, Apple, Inc. stock reaches new highs from sales of innovative but easily imitated Apple gadgetry	(22)

		Nevada has the highest foreclosure rate in the nation. But what do you expect when you LIVE IN A FARKIN' DESERT OH OH OHHHHHHH	(44)
		This week's "Generation Y employees suck" story brought to you by Career Builder and CNN	(127)
		If you're looking to buy a cheap house, the news just keeps getting better and better. If you're trying to sell, well... sucks to be you	(88)
		Reporter laments that people will not pay for news online, will only pay for not news	(72)
		To the Romeromobile: Not only do many people return unwanted Christmas gifts, they do so more easily when they have a receipt	(7)
		Latest economic boom for communities: Mormons	(15)

		Indian workers learning that outsourced jobs aren't as fantastic as they expected	(30)
		Merrill Lynch sells off stakes for $6.2 billion, Vampires around the word relieved	(4)
		Hurry up, there are only 364 shopping days left till Christmas	(26)

		The coming financial meltdown will make the '29 crash look like "a walk in the park." EVERYBODY PANHANDLE	(296)
(Some Guy)		Best Buy blatantly deceiving consumers with in-store kiosks... still	(55)
		Commercial fishermen who took up federal loans and encourangement to switch to shark fishing in the 1980s are chomping mad, now that feds have banned shark fishing	(16)
		Good news: No US recession in 2008. Bad news: They aren't telling you about stagflation	(30)
		Money changers see increased profits selling Christian-themed material possessions in the growing evangelical retail market	(119)
		Another victim of the subprime meltdown, credit card defaults are at record levels. What's in your wallet?	(37)
		Bill Gates prepares for retirement in style by investing $482 million in Mexican brewery	(20)