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Lehman Lay-Offs Hit EBay, Seek Craigslist Encounters

By Katy Marquardt

Posted: September 18, 2008

This week's Lehman collapse, and the subsequent job loss for thousands of employees, mean more competition for jobs—even bartending jobs—and fewer Wall Street opportunities for graduating seniors.

New York magazine reports that the newly unemployed are coping with Craigslist casual encounters and are posting company swag on eBay. Stress ball, anyone? Laid-off staffers also built a shrine to Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Lehman CEO Dick Fuld. Check it out.

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Katy Marquardt, a senior editor at U.S.News & World Report, takes a contemporary look at happenings in the financial world and aims to help young investors get going with their portfolios--or just sound cool at cocktail parties. Have a question? E-mail Katy at newmoney@usnews.com

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