Every month now, more companies fall victim to the global credit crisis. Some, such as Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns, are still fresh in our minds, but others that blew up years ago, such as Enron and Refco, have held on in the public consciousness. The sorry endings of these companies are still being unpacked - and they should be, as we try to learn from what happened.
Yet the lessons we can take away are limited by a peculiar situation....
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