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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Wall Street takes its toll on Sesame Street]]></title><link>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/03/12/wall-street-takes-toll-on-sesame-street/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/03/12/wall-street-takes-toll-on-sesame-street/</guid><comments>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/03/12/wall-street-takes-toll-on-sesame-street/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/bad-news/" rel="tag">Bad News</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/television/" rel="tag">Television</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/wmt/" rel="tag">Wal-Mart (WMT)</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/employees/" rel="tag">Employees</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/mcd/" rel="tag">McDonald's (MCD)</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/financial-crisis/" rel="tag">Financial Crisis</a></p><p><img alt="" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.bloggingstocks.com/media/2009/03/sesame_street_logo.gif" align="right" vspace="4" border="1" />There's been no shortage of heartstring-jerking reports from the current economic crisis -- seniors whose retirement accounts have been wiped clean; families relocating from homes to motels; MBAs forced to wear their resumes on sandwich boards. </p>
<p>However, in my humble opinion, today's news might be the most pathetic: Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit organization that produces the classic <em>Sesame Street</em> TV show, is <a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/429acec0-0e6e-11de-b099-0000779fd2ac.html">slashing 20% of its 355-member workforce</a>.</p><p><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/03/12/wall-street-takes-toll-on-sesame-street/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Wall Street takes its toll on Sesame Street</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/03/12/wall-street-takes-toll-on-sesame-street/">Wall Street takes its toll on Sesame Street</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com">BloggingStocks</a> on Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:40:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/03/12/wall-street-takes-toll-on-sesame-street/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/forward/1486149/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/03/12/wall-street-takes-toll-on-sesame-street/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>Bear Stearns</category><category>BearStearns</category><category>job cuts</category><category>JobCuts</category><category>layoffs</category><category>MCD</category><category>McDonalds</category><category>Merrill Lynch</category><category>MerrillLynch</category><category>Sesame Street</category><category>Sesame Workshop</category><category>SesameStreet</category><category>SesameWorkshop</category><category>wal-mart stores</category><category>Wal-martStores</category><category>WMT</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Elizabeth Harrow]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:40:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
