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Title: Man finds $88 billion in bank account Post by: Allhallowsday on April 01, 2010, 10:18:11 PM If You Were a Billionaire for Five Hours
When Paul Fischer checked his bank account Friday night, he had a happy surprise. His balance had exploded to $88,888,888,888.88. A very lucky number indeed, and close to $89 billion. Of course, the balance was a technical error by SunTrust Bank (NYSE: STI - News), which quickly fixed the problem. It also may have occurred in other accounts. "You say, 'Eighty-eight billion, what can I do with that?'" said Mr. Fischer, who owns a jewelry concessionaire for Florida theme parks. "Maybe a handful of us could have brought down SunTrust Bank." Mr. Fischer had other ideas as well. Before the problem was fixed, he asked a SunTrust rep if he could move the money to an interest-bearing account until it was reclaimed and donate the interest to charity. Total interest: more than $7.3 million. The bank said no. The money was stripped out of his account by Saturday morning. "It's all gone. I'm poor again," he said. "I was a billionaire for five hours..." http://finance.yahoo.com/banking-budgeting/article/109237/if-you-were-billionaire-for-five-hours (http://finance.yahoo.com/banking-budgeting/article/109237/if-you-were-billionaire-for-five-hours) Title: Re: Man finds $88 billion in bank account Post by: Joe the Destroyer on April 02, 2010, 12:55:22 PM Too bad it was a bank error. I'd like to wake up one morning and find $88bil in my account.
Title: Re: Man finds $88 billion in bank account Post by: Vik on April 02, 2010, 01:17:08 PM Banks are douches
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