Manic Monday on Wall Street, 1,000 banks in jeopardy & last year's stock stars losers in 2008 - Today in Money 9/15

· Historic Day for Wall Street as Markets React to Lehman and Merrill

· World Markets Sink on Wall Street Shake-up

· 158-Year Old Lehman Brothers Files for Bankruptcy

· Bank of America to Buy Merrill Lynch for About $50 Billion

· Merrill Lynch: Stunning Fall for Main Street's Brokerage Firm

· Banks Pull Together $70 Billion Emergency Fund

· AIG Scrambilng for 'Options' for Businesses, Capital

· Thousands of More Layoffs Seen Coming to Wall Street

· Ike Brings Aftershock of $5 Gas

· Oil Falls Below $100/ Barrel for First Time in 5 Months

· Google's Antitrust Trouble

· Electronic Arts Drops Bid for Take-Two

· Fannie & Freddie Ex-CEO's to Get No Golden Parachutes

· Fast Food Chain Chipotle Consider Price Hike

1,000 Regional Banks May Be in Jeopardy
Troubles at Wall Street behemoths are overshadowing ailments that will hit closer to home for most businesses. So far this year, 11 banks have gone belly-up. By year-end, a few dozen more will follow. And then the pace will pick up, hitting a peak in 2009 before edging back down in 2010. The hardest hit areas are likely to be in California, Florida, Arizona and Nevada where property values skyrocketed and then plummeted. Georgia, too, will suffer, where building outpaced demand. And states such as Michigan and Ohio, where laid-off auto and other manufacturing workers haven't been able to maintain mortgage payments, are headed for trouble.
Regional Banks in Jeopardy - Kiplinger
Also: Wilbur Ross: Possibly a Thousand Banks Will Close - CNBC.com

Last Year's Stock Stars Are Big Losers in 2008
Stocks that were stars coming into the year are some of the worst performers in a market that's struggling through another tumultuous period. And it's unclear what groups might emerge to lead the market out of its funk. 47 Standard & Poor's 500 rose 50% or more in 2007, but 40 of those 47 are in the red in 2008. And 23, including past favorites Apple and Google, are doing even worse than the 14.8% loss in the S&P 500.
Last year's star stocks fade out - USATODAY.com

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Best places for a long life - Money Magazine