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"We can’t say we’re surprised. While workers at Lehman might feel somewhat aggrieved, it seems the Fed decided that AIG really was too big to fail." — John Stepek
Blogger’s note: So why would the Fed bailout AIG after leaving Lehman Brothers hanging only days earlier? The real reason, according to John Stepek of the [...]
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With markets dropping everywhere, what should you do as an investor?
by J. Christoph Amberger
Baltimore — (TFN): “The stock market is going to be bonkers today,” writes Purple Cow guru Seth Godin today. “And for most people, it won’t matter so much. Because most of us aren’t focused on flipping assets. We’re building value by creating [...]
"Of the five big investment banks that were in operation at the outset of this year, The Bear Stearns Cos. has already failed and been taken over, and Lehman Brothers is trying to avoid a similar fate." — Martin Hutchinson
by Martin Hutchinson
Baltimore — (TFN): When Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (NYSE:LEH) announced a third-quarter [...]
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“Most of Wall Street’s moneymaking machines have shut down. Mortgage-securitization activity has gone kaput, while IPO and M&A activities are sputtering. Even worse, Billions of dollars of future writedowns and losses are still buried inside Wall Street’s balance sheets.” — Dan Amoss
by Dan Amoss
Baltimore – (TFN): Since [...]
"Few folks have the ethical strength to turn away that kind of opportunity. And those that do will never see a corner office. It takes greed to succeed. " – Andrew Snyder
By Andrew Snyder
Baltimore (TFN) — You would think that an executive in charge of billions of dollars of other people’s money would be more responsible. [...]