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The most tragic casualty of the economic crisis yet: the weekend! Wall Streeters who still have jobs are working a panic-stricken 24-7 schedule, reports Reuters, as are goverment employees working on the bailout plans and public officials dealing with the fallout. Instead of spending Saturday and Sunday shopping and hanging out with family and friends, people are either going into the office or obsessively following the news to stay abreast of every detail that might impact their jobs.

"We're in a very anxious situation," frets an ING strategist. "It makes many of us feel better if we know what's going on and if we're connected to it." But don't think that once the crisis has passed, the five day week will return, warns labor activist Ricardo Levins Morales: Blackberries, cellphones, and laptops along with our "workaholic culture" mean the weekend has long been imperiled anyway. Um, happy Friday everyone?

For many workers financial crisis means lost weekends [Reuters]