last updated 5.5.09
- 1/1/08: Partying a little overboard
- 3/24/08: Bear Stearns falls, then bought by JPMorgan Chase
- April 2008: Prudential Real Estate Broker tries to steal $200 cash from my pocket
- May 2008: ConEd charges me $2,500 extra for gas costs due to a mistake they made. However, ConEd refuses to make amends…
- June 2008: Best friends visits from different countries/states while I spendmultiple late nights in the office
- 9/15/08: Lehman files for bankruptcy; Merrill Lynch bought by Bank of America
- 9/25/08: Wamu bought by JPMorgan Chase
- 9/29/08: Dow drops 778 pts (surpassing decline on day after 9/11)
- October 2008: Massive layoffs at major investment banks (Merrill Lynch, Citi, etc.) from October through November
- 12/11/08: Bernie Madoff arrested for $50+bn Ponzi scheme; later pled guilty on 3/12/09 for $65bn fraud
- 1/15/09: US Airways 1549 lands in Hudson River; all aboard safe
- 3/9/09: Dow at lowest point (6,500) since peak of 14,000+ in Oct. 2007
- 3/19/09: House passes H.R.1586 (the “90% tax on bonuses” bill)
- 3/25/09: Craigslist rental scam sends me to the front doors of a museum; ad states the indicated address was the dwelling of a possible rental property—yeah, for ART!
- 3/26/09: Grandmother passes away
- 4/4/09: China’s widening gender gap triggers more problems
- 4/30/09: A/H1N1 virus (“Swine” flu) creates panic; W.H.O. alert level raised to 5
