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Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy

A Terrible Day for the Economy, But a Great Day to Note the Social Security Noncrisis

Harold Pollack | Posted 10.16.2008 | Business

Read More: Federal Deficit, McCain Social Security Privatization, Social Security Crisis, Economy, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch Buyout, Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy, Fannie Mae Freddie Mac Bailout, Business News
Harold Pollack

Whatever you may hear, the system is in remarkably good shape these days, even as everything else seems headed to hell in a hand basket. Today is a great day to remember how terrific Social Security really is.

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Lehman's Collapse Rattles the Really Rich

Vicky Ward | Posted 10.16.2008 | Business

Read More: Black Monday, Merrill Lynch, Billionaires, Wall Street, Lehman Brothers, New York Stock Exchange, Stock Market, Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy, Business News
Vicky Ward

For most of us it is time to hunker down. Time to hope we don't get that phone call: "Are you OK?" The answer, for all of us in New York, is no, we are not.

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The Government Stood Firm... Was It The Right Call?

Wall Street Journal | Posted 10.16.2008 | Business

Read More: Mortgages, Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, Lehman Brothers, Finance, Merrill Lynch Buyout, Banks, Credit Crisis, Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy, Lehman Bros, Business News

The decision not to risk taxpayer funds to save Lehman Brothers this weekend came just as the political appetite for bailouts had reached its limits i...

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Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch: Wall Street awakes to 2 storied firms falling

AP | PATRICK RIZZO and JOE BEL BRUNO | Posted 10.16.2008 | Business

Read More: Financial Crisis, Wall Street Crisis, Economy, Merrill Lynch Buy Out, Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy, Business News

NEW YORK — The upheaval in the American financial system sent shock waves through the stock market Monday, producing the worst day on Wall Stree...

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Two Storied Wall Street Institutions Falter

New York Times | ANDREW ROSS SORKIN | Posted 10.15.2008 | Business

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In one of the most dramatic days in Wall Street's history, Merrill Lynch agreed to sell itself on Sunday to Bank of America for roughly $50 billion t...

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World Prepares For Possible Lehman Bankruptcy

AP | JOE BEL BRUNO | Posted 10.15.2008 | Business

Read More: Lehman Brothers, Economic Crisis, Lehman Brothers Rescue, Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy, Lehman Brother Foreign Markets, Lehman Brother Us Markets, Bank Crisis, Business News

NEW YORK — A top investment banking official says U.S. and foreign banks are planning major steps to inoculate the global financial system as a ...

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