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  • Stress toy lets you squeeze the bankers

    01/25/2009 5:39:59 AM PST · by Notary Sojac · 9 replies · 710+ views
    Sacramento Bee ^ | 24 January 2009 | Claudia Buck
    The economy got you gripped in its clutches? Feeling stressed out by the endless news of layoffs, buyouts and bankruptcies? A San Francisco creative agency has just the fix: Squeeze-the-Banker dolls. Deemed the ultimate stress-buster for troubled times, the squeezable dolls come in likenesses of three familiar Wall Street names: Alan, Ben and Henry. As in, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, current Chairman Ben Bernanke and former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson. Give 'em a squeeze and feel their pain. Just like so many of us when looking at our year-end financial statements. The stress-ball dolls were dreamed up a...