"To recruit top employees to Ventura County, Amgen Inc. took on the role of a bank, offering low-interest home loans. But now that the housing market has taken a turn for the worse, employees the company laid off in the fall have watched their home values decline and are in a tight spot." http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jul/26/amgens-help-now-problem-for-some/
wow...pretty stupid move on amgn's part....stock was up 8$ friday after hours and 50% in the last few months.......itll be interesting to see what happens monday...