Is this the big one? The news that Donald Trump has called in Merrill Lynch to advise on liquidating almost all his assets Trump Shuttle, Trump Plaza, the new Taj Mahal Casino, the lot sent shivers through the financial community on Friday among those that remember that Sir James Goldsmith did just the same two months before Wall Street went into free fall, but as far as computer industry commentator Hesh Wiener is concerned, the clincher that recession is already beginning to bite deep comes from his barber Mario, who operates in the heart of the New York Financial District: Mario wails that every day, more and more of his regular customers of all ages are coming in to say goodbye and all say the same – New York is too arduous and I’m getting old – New York was always arduous and we’re all getting old.
