Bankers, Brokers and Bandits: Laid Off and Better Off

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 05:00:00

Bankers, brokers and bandits: Laid Off and Better Off

Jim Piccillo

Jim Piccillo spent long days in the mortgage banking industry working towards his dreams of a corner office, BMW, huge house, and exotic vacations. Those dreams were shattered in August when he was laid off. Though money is tight, Jim now says that being laid off was the best thing that ever happened to him. He spends more time with his two young daughters, has rediscovered his faith, and he is about to launch a new home-based business.

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Sy Safransky

Sy Safransky is editor and publisher of The Sun Magazine, a monthly literary magazine out of Chapel Hill, N.C. Last summer, after an issue of the magazine was printed and ready to be sent out, Sy realized it contained a serious mistake: the magazine had printed the name of a contributing writer who had asked for his name to be withheld.

A lot of money was at stake, so Sy and his staff spent days deciding what to do. The dilemma deepened when they realized the writer, a prisoner, was on death row for a horrific crime.

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Bankers, brokers and bandits: Laid Off and Better Off

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