We were thinking of calling to tell our readers all the juicy gossip this week has brought, but we were afraid our phones might be tapped like Hewlett Packard's or the journalists their employees dared to talk to no civil liberty violations there so we decided to stick to the usual routine...First we'd like to prepare all you bankers out there -- it might be time to find a new ride home because Ford Motor Co. plans to close its Wixom, Mich. plant that produces the Lincoln Town Car. Don't fret yet, though; if you really think you'll miss them, you can still get in on the bidding for Warren Buffett's Town Car on eBay until Friday. As of last Friday morning, the current bid was $33,101, with all proceeds going to charity. And did we mention the car is GOLD, not that we would expect anything else from the newlywed...Even with a regular season National League East title within reach of the N.Y. Mets, not all is well in Queens. Owner Fred Wilpon has been corralled into a $30 million lawsuit with his investment fund Sterling Stamos, which is being sued for money it received from now-collapsed hedge fund Bayou Management in what ultimately boiled down to a Ponzi scheme, leaving investors out $250 million, according to news reports... And in our effort to keep our readers fully informed of all important news events, Pluto has a new name. Yes, our ninth planet that is no longer a planet will now be called 134340. And while that number may look appealing to some junior analysts come January, it is a demotion in every sense of the word in space talk. If only Pluto had taken the offer of dual citizenship it was offered in '99 to be both a planet and a member of the Kuiper Belt, a ring of icy debris beyond Neptune. But alas, it is now just a number while the small "dwarfish planet" Xena no, not of the princess clan received the new name Eris, according to The New York Times.
