Nor did it save U.K. hedge fund Northern Rock, Netherlands-based hedge fund Carlyle Capital or U.S. subprime lender New Century Financial (other-otc: CYFL.PK - news - people ).

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The Federal Reserve is debasing the dollar, and, in lockstep, the European Central Bank (other-otc: CHPA.PK - news - people ) and the Bank of Japan are doing the same to the euro and the yen, respectively.

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Among them: outfits like privately owned Young Electric Sign Co. (the oldest and largest producer of electric signs in Las Vegas) of Salt Lake City, Utah and Magink Display Technologies (other-otc: DTEK.PK - news - people ) of Mevasseret Zion, Israel, whose boards made a splash at this year's Cannes Film Festival.

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Alerus Financial ( ALRS.PK - news - people ), many local companies have been slowed by the recession.

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