$400 million Hard Rock theme park liquidated after being open for 8 months!

[cjppjc]

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What a disaster!

Can the USA afford to lose critical INFRASTRUCTURE like Rock 'n Roll Theme Parks?

I hope Paulson has a Temp TARP ready for these Rockers until Barry O's
new American Recovery Program can give them permanent shelter.

After all, what's more American than rock 'n roll, Hard Rockin' and Bailouts?

That was funny:cool:

[GRG55]

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Cost-conscious customers wreaking havoc on ailing restaurants

February 13, 2009
From the corner diner to elegant Westside eateries, restaurants in Southern California are shrinking portions, slashing wine prices, cutting employee hours and reducing staff. Some chain restaurants and fast-food purveyors are shutting unprofitable branches, and experts say some may not survive.

Many large dinner-house chains are reporting some of the largest drops in same-store sales -- an important measure of a retailer's financial health -- in recent history.

After the stock market closed Thursday, Southern California chains Cheesecake Factory Inc. and California Pizza Kitchen Inc. both reported plunging same-store sales and profits.

"It is a very tough environment out there," said Richard Rosenfield, co-chief executive of CPK...

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Cost-conscious customers wreaking havoc on ailing restaurants

February 13, 2009
From the corner diner to elegant Westside eateries, restaurants in Southern California are shrinking portions, slashing wine prices, cutting employee hours and reducing staff. Some chain restaurants and fast-food purveyors are shutting unprofitable branches, and experts say some may not survive.

Many large dinner-house chains are reporting some of the largest drops in same-store sales -- an important measure of a retailer's financial health -- in recent history.

After the stock market closed Thursday, Southern California chains Cheesecake Factory Inc. and California Pizza Kitchen Inc. both reported plunging same-store sales and profits.

"It is a very tough environment out there," said Richard Rosenfield, co-chief executive of CPK...

mmmmmmm. that chart makes me hungry... to short crap restaurant chains and go long grocery stores that make their $$$ selling rice & beans.

[LargoWinch]

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mmmmmmm. that chart makes me hungry... to short crap restaurant chains and go long grocery stores that make their $$$ selling rice & beans.

MM: I am definitively bullish on the Quadruple Bypass Burger:

(Warning: Although this is from a CBS show, it contains mild suggestive content)

For those interested, see the restaurant official website:
http://www.heartattackgrill.com/