This morning I turned on CNN and the lead story in financial news was the Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch debacles. Lehman Brothers filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy and Merrill Lynch is being sold to Bank of America for some $50 billion. And, not only that, AIG, the world's largest insurer, sought a bailout from the Federal Government, who turned it down.
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Monday, September 15, 2008
Job Security for Freelance Writers: Lessons from Lehman Brothers & Merrill Lynch
Posted by Yuwanda Black at Monday, September 15, 2008
Labels: AIG, article writing jobs, freelance writers, job security, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, work-from-home careers
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