Lehman Collapse

How Did Europe Respond to the Lehman Collapse?

Georges Ugeux | Posted 11.16.2009 | World


Georges Ugeux

In a strange way, the U.S. was better prepared to manage the collapse of Lehman Brothers than Europe, namely because it was happening within a single country.

A Debate Worthy of a Great Nation in Trouble

Robert L. Borosage | Posted 10.17.2008 | Politics


Robert L. Borosage

Lipstick on pigs, sex ed for pre-K, earmarks gone wild -- this presidential campaign is descending to a bridge to nowhere. We need a debate worthy of a great nation in trouble. And the only way that will happen is if citizens insist on it.

Lehman Workers Clear Desks, Weep After Bankruptcy

Bloomberg | Kevin Crowley and Thomas Penny | Posted 10.16.2008 | Business


Sept. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.'s employees worldwide are clearing their desks, waiting to hear if they'll be paid, and startin...

From One Disaster To Another

Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted 10.16.2008 | Business


Hale

The problem is everybody is writing down debt and these writedowns are what is leading to events like the Lehman collapse. There is no reason to think we are anywhere near done with these problems.

Lehman Brothers Collapse Could Be Imminent

Fortune.com | Allan Sloan and Roddy Boyd | Posted 07.12.2008 | Business


NEW YORK (Fortune) -- To understand what went wrong at Lehman Brothers, leave the canyons of Wall Street and head to the flatlands of Bakersfield, 120...