Vultures circle Wall Street, but hesitate to feed
NEW YORK - When financial panic sweeps Bedford Falls in the 1946 movie " It's a Wonderful Life ," the villain, Mr. Potter, moves to snap up the Bailey Bros. Building and Loan, offering a fire-sale price of 50 cents on the dollar.
"I may lose a fortune," Potter says with a smirk. The picture's hero, George Bailey , knows better. "He's picking up some bargains," he tells stockholders.
That kind of bold opport...
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