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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Joanne Ostrow / The Bulletin
October 26, 2009
Imagine a time when the rich got phenomenally richer as the stock market went up and up, and even small-time investors magically made money on Wall Street. Prosperity appeared unending, and the banks seemed too big to fail.
Everybody piled on; it was the American way — until a rude awakening....
