For Sale: Banner That Greeted Obama at Solyndra (Own a piece of failure!)
ABC News ^ | 11/02/11
Posted on November 5, 2011 9:02:25 AM EDT by Libloather
For Sale: Banner That Greeted Obama at Solyndra
Nov 2, 2011 4:49pm
A banner that greeted President Obama on his 2010 visit to California solar energy start-up Solyndra was to be a memento of the presidential push which helped get the company off the ground.
Now it’s up for auction, part of a trove of Solyndra assets for sale after the company filed for bankruptcy, all relics of a federal loan program gone awry.
A website for the auction company Heritage Global Partners lists the banner among dozens of computers, pieces of office furniture, robots, even electron microscopes worth $500,000 or more.
The seven-foot-by-30-foot banner featuring an American flag and heralding Solyndra and “Made in the USA,” a backdrop for Obama’s tour, has yet to receive any bids, according to the auction website.
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KEYWORDS: banner; fail; moneylaundering; obama; solyndra; Click to Add Keyword
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