The Morning Headlines

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"Did you grab the Chronicle?" Toby asked, sliding his plastic tray onto the cafeteria table. "I don't need print media to confirm what I initiated," Grayson said. He didn't look up from his black coffee. "Gray, you have to look. Everyone is looking." Toby pointed to the massive television mounted above the cereal dispensers. The volume was turned up, drowning out the usual morning chatter of the dining hall. "...citing unforeseen market shifts and an unsustainable mezzanine debt structure, Arthur Harrington has officially filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection early this morning in federal court." The news anchor's face was grim, flanked by a graphic of a crumbling office building. "Unforeseen market shifts," Toby repeated, a nervous laugh escaping him. "That's a nice way of sayin

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