At the time, Fuld found out that the Gisele Bundchen Stock Index was up 15% between May and July 2007, substantially surpassing the Dow, which was up just 8.2%.

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It was Tuesday, May 15, just four days before the 2007 graduation ceremonies at Liberty University, the school he had founded 36 years earlier.

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Unemployment followed, rising very rapidly from 4.4% (6.8 million) in May 2007 to 10.1% by October 2009 (15.6 million).

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Taxpayers will qualify based on their 2007 tax returns, due by April 15, and checks will be mailed beginning in May.

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