Lehman Brothers Inc.

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Everything must go! Lehman Bros. art auctioned off

AP News 22 days ago

Wall Street's loss is art lovers' gain: Philadelphia auctioneer selling off Lehman's art trove Even in these trying financial times, you're not going to see many going-out-of-business sales like this one. On Sunday, hundreds of works from the art collection of failed ...

Obama "too big to fail" plan blasted in Congress

Reuters US Online Report Top News 23 days ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration's new proposal for tackling financial risk in the U.S. economy, unveiled just two days ago, came under attack on Thursday from Congress and regulators, with questions raised about its funding and scope. U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy ...

Obama seeks new powers to dismantle nonbank firms

AP News 23 days ago

Obama administration presses Congress for new powers to dismantle nonbank firms A year after Lehman Brothers collapsed, helping to trigger the worst financial crisis in seven decades, the Obama administration is pressing Congress for the power to dismantle other nonbank firms considered ...

Nomura in the black for second straight quarter

AP News 24 days ago

Nomura in the black for second straight quarter in reversal from losses last year Nomura Holdings Inc. stayed in the black for a second straight quarter, helped by a recovery in financial markets and the broadening of its business overseas through the ...

Japan's Nomura reaps rewards of Lehman deal

AFP Global Edition 24 days ago

Japan's top securities firm Nomura declared its purchase of large parts of failed US bank Lehman Brothers "a resounding success" Wednesday as it announced a second straight quarterly profit. Nomura Holdings posted net earnings of 27.7 billion yen (300 million dollars) for ...

Japan's Nomura posts second straight profit

AFP Global Edition 24 days ago

Japan's top securities firm Nomura declared its purchase of large parts of failed US bank Lehman Brothers "a resounding success" Wednesday as it posted a second straight quarterly profit. Nomura Holdings posted net earnings of 27.7 billion yen (300 million dollars) for ...

Belgian prosecutor wants Citibank to repay 'duped' savers: report

AFP Global Edition 28 days ago

Prosecutors in Belgium want US lender Citibank to pay back 128 million euros to Belgian customers who claim they were duped into buying high-risk financial products from failed investment bank Lehman Brothers, media reports said Saturday. Two leading business newspapers, L'Echo and ...

BLINDED BY OPTIMISM--FROM 9/11 TO SUBPRIME

BusinessWeek 30 days ago

BLINDED BY OPTIMISM--FROM 9/11 TO SUBPRIME Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America By Barbara Ehrenreich Metropolitan Books; 235 pp; $23 In 2000, Barbara Ehrenreich was "optimistic to the point of delusion" when it came to First World ...

Deutsche Bank posts three-fold rise in quarterly profit

AFP Global Edition 31 days ago

Germany's largest bank, Deutsche Bank, said Wednesday that its third quarter profits had more than tripled, adding to good news from peers as they recover from the Lehman Brothers debacle. The result stemmed largely from one-off tax effects however and Deutsche Bank ...

Deutsche Bank posts three-fold profit rise

AFP Global Edition 31 days ago

Germany's largest bank, Deutsche Bank, said Wednesday that its third quarter profits had more than tripled, the latest good news from major banks as they recover from the Lehman Brothers debacle. The result stemmed largely from one-off tax effects however and Deutsche ...

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