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Phil Falcone's Downfall Is Complete: LightSquared Files For Bankruptcy

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The fall of the man, whom everyone wanted to work for back in 2006, is now complete.

  • LIGHTSQUARED, FAILED WIRELESS VENTURE, FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY
  • LIGHTSQUARED 74 PERCENT-OWNED BY FALCONE’S HARBINGER CAPITAL
  • LIGHTSQUARED’S PLANNED HIGH-SPEED NETWORK INTERFERED WITH GPS

However, the best news for federal and New York tax returns and state employment, is that one or more divorce lawyers will be filthy, filthy rich in the next 12-36 months. Which is in now way related to any of the above. At all.

 

 

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Mon, 05/14/2012 - 14:07 | 2424390 LawsofPhysics
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A lot of bankruptcies being filed lately.  Anyone have a complete update?  Thanks in advance.

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 14:08 | 2424397 hack3434
Mon, 05/14/2012 - 14:29 | 2424462 CPL
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fuckedcompany.com

 

If it still exists.  Employees would write in about the layoffs in their respective dot.bomb and I would be finding shares to short the next moment.

 

The alternative is luckedcompany.com is sister site taht shares good news...it was fairly small and ignored.

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 21:52 | 2425546 Buck Johnson
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He lost all his money and then some, this guy had it all.  Also he most definitely will lose his wife, she's a major golddigger in Newyork.

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 14:27 | 2424464 Gully Foyle
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hack3434

What asshole downvotes a site dedicated to reporting Daily Job losses?

Make that two assholes.

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 14:38 | 2424491 hack3434
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uhhh...Just skip it if you don't like it. 

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 14:41 | 2424507 redpill
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Answer: Not nearly as many as those who downvote people who complain about downvotes 

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 15:17 | 2424607 tekhneek
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Well I guess it's LightsOut then, isn't it.

Bahaha...

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 15:37 | 2424680 earnyermoney
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Employee of Obama's campaign.

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 14:38 | 2424501 Shocker
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Thanks

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 14:25 | 2424450 navy62802
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Just the growing pains of a healthy economy. The future looks bright, indeed!

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 14:31 | 2424474 fonzannoon
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I am keeping an eye on silver wheaton. Holy horseshit.

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 14:34 | 2424478 FlyoverCountryS...
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Today it was Government-Owned GMAC/ALLY Bank subsidiary ResCap.

YOU are on the hook for most of that one.

 

HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS wasted by Obama and the Democrats on crony deals like Light-Squared, Solyndra, THINK!, EnerDel, A123, OpenRange, Beacon Power, etc...

YOUR STIMULUS DOLLARS AT WORK! (making Democrats filthy stinkin rich.)

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 14:38 | 2424499 Max Cynical
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LightSquared is not government backed.

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 14:39 | 2424500 Max Cynical
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LightSquared is not government backed.

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 15:13 | 2424599 Silver Bully
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If you look up the word Denied in the FCC's dictionary, LightSquared's logo would pop up. The FCC denied LC's effort to create a 4G LTE network, which doomed them. Remember, this company's shares are 96% owned by Falcone.

This is the polar opposite of being government backed.

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 14:50 | 2424529 sessinpo
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Try a search engine

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 14:07 | 2424392 ZippyBananaPants
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A WISH TO LIVE FOREVER I met a fairy who said she would grant me one wish. Immediately I said, "I want to live forever." "Sorry," said the fairy, "I'm not allowed to grant eternal life." "OK," I said, "Then, I want to die after Congress gets its head out   of its ass!" "You crafty bastard," said the fairy.

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 14:15 | 2424417 Gully Foyle
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ZippyBananaPants

I thought they wanted to be called Gay not Fairies?

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 14:20 | 2424437 Levadiakos
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That's a queer comment

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 14:28 | 2424460 Gully Foyle
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Levadiakos

The fruit always falls close to the tree.

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 14:41 | 2424511 Gully Foyle
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Flies seem to be attracted to fruit.

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 15:28 | 2424647 knightowl77
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+1     That's funny, I don't care who you are..

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 14:09 | 2424396 veyron
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Don Quixote finally crashes into the windmill ...

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 14:39 | 2424497 FlyoverCountryS...
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Where is that list of "FAILED OBAMA 'Taxpayer' INVESTMENTS" when you need it?

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 14:43 | 2424514 veyron
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Did the government invest in lightsquared?  Fox news and business didnt discuss it --> most likely government not involved

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 19:30 | 2425238 lakecity55
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Gee, all those samoleans he paid off to Barry to get the FCC off his back didn't pay off.

Yes, he too, was screwed by The Gay President.

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 14:09 | 2424398 wisefool
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We drank from the fountain of good times and dreaming
But these lawyers have poisoned the well
And as our love is dying they're making a killing
On heartaches and furniture sales

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 14:11 | 2424404 Seasmoke
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Any recent pictures of his wife ?

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 14:21 | 2424441 Money 4 Nothing
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Here is a current Vanity Fair, hurry up though, she may be found in a closet on a dog chain soon.

http://www.vanityfair.com/society/features/2011/07/falcones-201107

 

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 14:29 | 2424470 Gully Foyle
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Money 4 Nothing

Only Men seem to die that way.

But they die happy.

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 14:35 | 2424490 LFMayor
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Hung Fu, Bitches!

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 22:16 | 2425586 prole
Mon, 05/14/2012 - 14:30 | 2424411 Conman
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Guess he didnt get the memo to BTFD. When you dip , i dip, we dip.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZPQdZLyHYE

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 14:13 | 2424412 goforgin
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Let's hear two cheers for Eliot Spitzer revenge, you WOP.

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 14:29 | 2424473 Gully Foyle
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goforgin

So, were you married into an Italian family too?

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 14:15 | 2424413 oklaboy
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wonder why foreclosures are up 557% in CA? must be magic....

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 14:14 | 2424415 earleflorida
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now rev. wright has some company under the bus - you go bambi

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 14:18 | 2424422 I am a Man I am...
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due diligence and risk reward fail

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 14:18 | 2424425 dwdollar
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"However, the best news for federal and New York tax returns and state employment, is that one or more divorce lawyers will be filthy, filthy rich in the next 12-36 months."

Haha... so true.

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 14:19 | 2424428 Money 4 Nothing
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Warren Zevon: Lawyers Guns and Money... Our new National Anthem.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXN4zAKRvVo

 

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 14:24 | 2424430 BlandJoe24
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Wall St. has been pumping and pumping all day....makes absolutely no sense!  This keeps happening.  And here I am again with this strong gut feeling it's going to take a huge dump any moment.... been wrong about this on so many days - they just have a miraculous b.s. holding power.   But they just have to let loose sometime!!! :-)

 

"Wall St. Heavily Constipated, Massive Evacuation (over)Due" ...

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 14:26 | 2424455 docj
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Actually, it makes perfect sense as soon as you understand that it has nothing to do what so ever with you making money - unless you're on certain peoples' speed-dials, that is.

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 14:39 | 2424498 EscapeKey
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Short interest is near all-time highs. And this has accumulated whilst the market has generally trended UP! "Someone" is buying, and buying huge. But that "someone" isn't the retail investor, who continues to withdraw funds from the markets.

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 14:20 | 2424433 ReallySparky
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I was wondering if her Movie career would be cut short by this.

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 14:19 | 2424435 catacl1sm
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oops.

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 14:24 | 2424445 junkyardjack
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Damn and I was just about to go long...

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 14:23 | 2424448 docj
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Pfft - who cares. The PPT got an early start today has has been BingTFD since 10:30 to close this bastard green today. Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 14:28 | 2424468 midgetrannyporn
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Don't worry about Falcone, he got plenty.

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 14:34 | 2424481 Zola
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Operation GoldDiggerExposedTM commenced...

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 14:36 | 2424485 Clowns on Acid
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They should have gone to Bain Capital for help !

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 14:37 | 2424496 GrinandBearit
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 Most of your debts get wiped in BK... that's not a downfall by any means.  Donald Trump thrives off BK.

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 14:40 | 2424503 lizzy36
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Lisa Falcone is one hot chick.

Men of the world are soooo lucky that she is soon going to be back on the market. Hurry up boys b/f her face melts.

 

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 14:44 | 2424516 Gully Foyle
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lizzy36

MMMMMMYYYYYYYY  EEEEEEYYYYYYEEEEESSSSSS   TTTTTTHHHHHHEEEEEYYYYYY  BBBBBBBUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRRNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 15:03 | 2424568 brooklynlou
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Dayum, thats a lot of ugly in encassed in a very expensive wrapper.

He may be praying for a divorce

Wait, he may have just engineered his entire bankruptcy just to avoid having to pay that thing alimony

HELL, HE MAY HAVE ENGINEERED THE ENTIRE GLOBAL MELTDOWN JUST TO HAVE TO AVOID WRITING SNOOKI'S MOM A CHECK!!!!!

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 15:18 | 2424614 Silver Bully
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That's an insult to snooki's mom. That is one ferociously ugly woman.

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 14:50 | 2424528 goforgin
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Look here, another NJ Riviera princess.

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 14:58 | 2424553 BlueCollaredOne
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That's one sick looking woman.  Falcone must have been in bad shape financially for a long time, the man obviously couldnt afford to feed his wife a proper meal.

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 15:03 | 2424572 Jena
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That's definitely a distinctive sense of fashion.  Like bad expensive contemporary art, it takes a lot of money to dress that way.  

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 19:58 | 2425281 jez
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Dolly Parton supposedly said (of her own rather different style): "It takes a lot of money to look this cheap."

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 15:27 | 2424644 BLACK_DOG
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Speaking of piigs, you can't make a silk purse from a sow's ear.

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 20:56 | 2425403 IrritableBowels
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Of course, this next tune applies to more than the subject at hand...:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPfmcGP1kLs

(before he sold out)

 

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 21:35 | 2425501 Hulk
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Too frickin skinny for me Lizzy...

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 14:39 | 2424504 The Swedish Chef
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What are you insinuating? That his beautiful, beatiful wife will leave him? 

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 14:41 | 2424506 firstdivision
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Ummm...inorder for the lawyer to become "filthy rich", there must first be money involved.  I don't think a piano playing pig will rack in the dough.

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 14:45 | 2424517 Gully Foyle
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firstdivision

"I don't think a piano playing pig will rack in the dough."

Stop insulting Elton John!

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 15:25 | 2424639 WonderDawg
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Gully Foyle

Are you trying to break your own record for dumbass comments in one thread?

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 15:51 | 2424722 BlueCollaredOne
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Wonderdawg

 

You forgot to bold your text, Gully has a very unique format to his posts. 

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 14:51 | 2424527 oddjob
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'The fall of the man, whom everyone wanted to work for Filth back in 2006, is now complete.'

Everyone?.....not everybody had such low ambitions.

 

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 15:41 | 2424685 geewhiz190
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ZH should now start to focus on Energy Future Holdings.  this may be a much bigger and more serious potential bankruptcy

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 15:55 | 2424732 BLACK_DOG
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“I used to walk him to the park until one day I had somebody taking a picture of me and the pig,” she says. “I thought, Oh, my God! I can see it now. My husband will lose his whole business, and it will be me, the pig, five dogs, a cat and my daughters out on the street, no place to live!”

5/7/2010 Lisa Falcone

How ironic!

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 16:56 | 2424928 americanspirit
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Exhibit C: Does the debtor own or have possession of any property that poses or is alleged to pose a threat of imminent and identifiable harm to public health or safety?

Answer - have you ever seen the guy's wife? My guess is that being within a hundred feet of that thing would be either a major health threat or a major public safety threat, or both.

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