2008_11_bigapp.jpgThe Big Apple Circus is an institution. So is the New York Stock Exchange. But given these times, was it appropriate for Grandma the Clown to ring the opening bell? (Video here.) Dealbreaker says yes, "Granted, it probably would've been more fitting for a manufacturer of ball gags and executioner's masks to ring the bell, but this works, too." In other news, the Wall Street Journal reports, "Citigroup is handing out pink slips to at least 10,000 employees" in another round of layoffs--plus raise interest rates on credit cards. T.G.I.F.!