This is where the rumor about the banks being closed an extra day came from,once again this is from another forum,was posted on Jan 6th:
New message from Bill!
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hhmmm
well i heard today that the banks are going to be closed an aditionall day so they will open on the 9th not the 8th? i guess we will see in a few days what the heck is going to happen. hang in there bill"