Sep 15, 2008.
The venerable Lehman Brothers investment bank said early Monday that it will file for bankruptcy, while Bank of America unveiled plans to buy Merrill Lynch — two pieces of news that profoundly alter the American financial landscape.
The fast-paced changes capped a roller-coaster Wall Street weekend and threatened to stir up U.S. financial markets already reeling from woes at other major financial firms and mortgage financing titans Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
“This crisis is clearly deeper than anybody had imagined only a short time ago,” Peter Stein, an associate editor at The Wall Street Journal in Asia, told CNN.
Lehman Brothers said in a statement early Monday that it plans to file for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. The 158-year-old investment bank had been undermined by bad bets on real estate — the value of its shares declined 94 percent this year.
The fall of Lehman followed a wild, three-day scramble by top Wall Street executives and federal regulators, who worked around the clock to come up with a solution to a still-unfolding financial crisis.
By the end of the weekend, the Federal Reserve had stepped in to try to calm the markets by announcing plans to loosen its lending restrictions on the banking industry.
A consortium of 10 leading domestic and foreign banks agreed to create a $70 billion fund for loans to troubled financial firms.
Source:
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/09/15/banks.bigchanges/index.html
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September 30th, 2009 at 1:16 am
They should have …
They should have hauled Richard Fuld off to the Gulag.
September 30th, 2009 at 1:16 am
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September 30th, 2009 at 1:16 am
little did people …
little did people know at the time it would only get worse
September 30th, 2009 at 1:16 am
why don’t you look …
why don’t you look up “govb” on the stockmarket in “saving loans” under “banks”.then tell me what you see.i’m tried of saying what i see.i have kick out of the stock market and can’t talk about it there. hint 950.00 on 52 week high for a 9.50 stock in that time frame.have a nice day.MSJR
September 30th, 2009 at 1:16 am
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September 30th, 2009 at 1:16 am
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September 30th, 2009 at 1:16 am
I think letting …
I think letting Lehmens Bro go was a good Idea.
think time line…Lehman fails then out-a nowhere Oil falls like a rock at a speed and a range never seen before. Diagnosis: Lehman must have been shorting Oil contracts and Oil options. just a guess…
thanks again for your video! Robin’s all right. It’s too bad she works for the devil incarnate.
September 30th, 2009 at 1:16 am
thanks for the vid! …
thanks for the vid!
EXPERIMENT:
stock analyst say the market is crashing because consumers are broke…
I say stock market is crashing because people are finally boycotting large corporations.
It might be both, it might be neither
if you are BOYCOTTING hit this thread with thumbs-up
If you are not spending because its just a lack of ready cash, hit thumbs-down
thanks for your feedback!
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and a bit of thumbs down too.
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September 30th, 2009 at 1:16 am
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September 30th, 2009 at 1:16 am
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Damn…Juice!
September 30th, 2009 at 1:16 am
That’s right!
That’s right!
September 30th, 2009 at 1:16 am
most things in the …
most things in the stock market
September 30th, 2009 at 1:16 am
in order to keep …
in order to keep the world echonomy al;ive people have to start buying and the only way thetre gona start buying is wen they get a bigger pay
September 30th, 2009 at 1:16 am
Buy what ?
Buy what ?
September 30th, 2009 at 1:16 am
They are taking all …
They are taking all the peoples money! ALL! In order to shut the gov’t down, you have to get the elites that’s doing this to our country. Congress and Presidents merely take orders.
September 30th, 2009 at 1:16 am
Very… very… …
Very… very… unarguable
September 30th, 2009 at 1:16 am
Don’t buy it goes …
Don’t buy it goes down more… trust me
September 30th, 2009 at 1:16 am
my dad has lost …
my dad has lost fukn millions
September 30th, 2009 at 1:16 am
“People who want to …
“People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction.”(1 Tim 6:9)
September 30th, 2009 at 1:16 am
I meant to say ” …
I meant to say “anyway”. I’m
a stickler for misspelled words.
September 30th, 2009 at 1:16 am
Mervyns clothing …
Mervyns clothing company is going out
of business people.
Anway, to the more important issue at
stake here, who is this remarkably beautiful
anchor woman? Just amazing to look at.
September 30th, 2009 at 1:16 am
will this ever …
will this ever become better?
September 30th, 2009 at 1:16 am
Congratulations to …
Congratulations to the Bush Crime family and all of the crooked greedy Republicans you have just succeeded at what Al-Qaeda has been trying to do for years; destroying America.
September 30th, 2009 at 1:16 am
Is it just me or …
Is it just me or does the market tank every time Obama looks up in the polls?!?
September 30th, 2009 at 1:16 am
It is becoming …
It is becoming pretty clear they will steal this election. When it happens we as Americans have a duty to shut this GVMT down. All corrupt politicians, media, police and military units are legitimate targets. However violence is not the answer. Leave it to the professionals. Wherever there is a camera take it out including the black boxes on the police cars. Wherever you can make their life more difficult do it. The Resistance will be in the streets with you. Solidarity. Sing up the RA.