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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-17-09 06:45 AM
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Trump Entertainment files for Chapter 11
Source: Reuters

Feb 17 (Reuters) - Trump Entertainment Resorts Inc (TRMP.O: Quote, Profile, Research), Donald Trump's casino group, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Tuesday, court documents show.

The casino operator had assets of about $2.1 billion and total debts of about $1.74 billion on Dec. 31, 2008, it said in its filing with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey.

Nine affiliates of the casino operator including Trump Plaza Associates, Trump Plaza Associates, Trump Marina Associates and Trump Taj Mahal Associates simultaneously sought protection, according to the filing.

Donald Trump said on Friday that he had decided to resign from the board of the company due to disagreements with bondholders who wanted the casino group to file for bankruptcy.

Read more: http://uk.reuters.com/article/marketsNewsUS/idUKLH37581020090217
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trumad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-17-09 06:46 AM
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1. Hey Donald---You're fired.
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liberal N proud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-17-09 06:50 AM
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2. Fired?
Hell that rat jumped ship the minute he heard the word bankruptcy.
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-17-09 06:50 AM
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3. His show starts a new season Sunday night
with one of the most horrific casts, reality or otherwise, ever

"Celebrity" Apprentice
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Apprentice_(U.S._season_8)
Tom Green
Andrew Dice Clay
Joan Rivers and her daughter
Dennis Rodman
and
a Kardashian
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DUlover2909 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-17-09 08:41 AM
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9. Yeah that's what I thought. D-List celebs, at best. Absolutely awful.
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zbdent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-17-09 09:09 AM
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12. D-Listers? No Kathy Griffin?
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DUlover2909 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-17-09 09:17 AM
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13. LOL, I certainly had her in mind when I typed D-List.
:fistbump:
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-17-09 09:53 AM
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14. I think Kathy has standards
She wouldn't dip down there

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LiberalFighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-17-09 09:07 AM
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11. They stink!!
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merwin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-17-09 07:42 AM
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4. Trump files for bankruptcy protection? Shocking!
Doesn't he do that every other week?
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Hassin Bin Sober Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-17-09 10:39 AM
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15. Bankruptcy protection welfare queen!
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ShortnFiery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-17-09 07:49 AM
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5. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy?
:evilgrin:
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RockaFowler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-17-09 08:13 AM
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6. Rosie was right
He just left because he didn't want everyone to know that he was filing for bankruptcy . . . again.
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blue_onyx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-17-09 10:41 AM
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16. Yes, she was
Although I'm sure Trump will try to find a way to put blame onto someone else.
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Lint Head Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-17-09 08:35 AM
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7. And Trump is still a billionaire. If I were to file for bankruptcy I would be
Edited on Tue Feb-17-09 08:35 AM by Lint Head
broke and looking for work.
:dem:
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Alcibiades Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-17-09 08:35 AM
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8. The rational, all-knowing market
Is full of shit. Free marketeers are morons--how else can it be that a stock that was worth $20 a share in 2006 is worth 23 cents a share today? Their whole ideology masks the truth, which is that the market is run by a group of collaborating insiders who use their informational advantage to extract cash for their own benefit and to the detriment of the public at large.

Oh, and how do you lose money operating a casino? Although those at the top often claim their outlandish wealth is due to their talents and genius, it takes a pretty dim bulb to run this sort of enterprise into the ground.
:nopity:
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Botany Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-17-09 08:47 AM
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10. This is youu - ggggg
Edited on Tue Feb-17-09 08:59 AM by Botany
When "The Donald" does something he does it big.
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happygoluckytoyou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-17-09 11:52 AM
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17. SELL YOUR HAIR ! ! ! !
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Sultana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-17-09 04:59 PM
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18. ROFL
thx :thumbsup:
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-17-09 06:01 PM
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19. And, Trump endorsed mccain..
because?
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