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The Britishisms can be off-putting — characters refer to Lehman as "Lehmans," and Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis, a Georgia native, has a drawl that sounds more Cornwall than Cobb County.
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"Lehmans," and Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis, a Georgia native, has a drawl that sounds more Cornwall than Cobb County.
Slate Magazine Daniel Gross 2010
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It's a year since the shocking collapse of names such as Lehmans, Merrill Lynch, AIG, Bear Stearns and HBOS.
Telegraph.co.uk: news business sport the Daily Telegraph newspaper Sunday Telegraph 2009
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And then they revert to the oldest chestnut of all: "Lehmans".
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A shadow bank, or the shadowy subsidiary of a high street bank, can put assets like mortgages, shares or bonds in a basket, divide them up and sell them again, as Lehmans and Bear Stearns did, and they are classed as a derivative.
The real problem isn't banks, it's investors Phillip Inman 2010
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He ruined the Education system in this state all the while he sat on Lehmans board and allowed the Retirement system to buy more bad mortgage investments from Lehman.
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Yes – and potentially even worse, 18 May: while his analysis of the choice of lesser evils facing Greece is perceptive, the idea that a Greek default has the potential to be worse than Lehmans is fanciful in the extreme.
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It was badly run, not very large and generally simple banks such as Northern Rock or Lehmans that caused the crisis.
Yet again, a chance to rein in the bankers has been squandered | Will Hutton 2011
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For once Larry Elliott is completely wrong Could Greece be the next Lehmans?
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Greece has no systemic relevance, its external liabilities are a fraction of the cash and contingent obligations owed by Lehmans, it is an insignificant economy without a financial sector which threatens the global economy.
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