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By Reid Pillifant 10/21/09 9:31pm

Rent-A-Net for Just $25K

Wow, we thought Bruce Ratner was getting creative with his plan to put Atlantic Yards’ investment money into escrow for awhile.

But today there’s news that Mr. Ratner will attempt to stem a sieve of losses on his New Jersey Nets franchise–the team lost $77 million last year–by renting out the team’s players. Read More

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