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Robbers In Malaysia Needed An SUV
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RENEE MONTAGNE, host:
And our last word in business today is bad financial planning. Armed robbers in Malaysia yesterday hijacked a security van containing the equivalent of $1.3 million, but the car they'd stolen to get away with the money was a compact, and they should have stolen an SUV or at least a station wagon. As it was, they couldn't fit all the money into the car and had to leave $800,000 behind. Local police are still looking for the two men and their little car and about $500,000 in cash. That's all they managed to stuff into the car from their haul. A local police chief called their planning, quote, "very shortsighted." And that's the business news on Morning Edition from NPR News. I'm Renee Montagne.
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