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The stock-market guys say you have to reach a bottom before you can recover, and that a bottom is often signaled by the collapse of some big entity. Many people thought it was Bear Stearns Cos. In reality, it’s Jefferson County.
Joe Mysak: Largest U.S. Municipal Bankruptcy Looms in Alabama
Bloomberg.com (11 Apr 2008)