As this article notes, after McClendon had to sell 94 percent of his Chesapeake shares because of those margin calls, he no longer held the equity stake that his prior employment agreement required.

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An Associated Press article this week notes that the city of Newark, NJ, staring into a budget abyss, sold 16 city buildings to developers and investors, including the Newark Symphony Hall and police and fire headquarters.

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