LEHMAN BROTHERS ALUMNI

Gold lull may just be a pause for bulls
Financial Times
When Lehman Brothers declared bankruptcy in September 2008, investors rushed to buy gold. When the eurozone crisis erupted in 2010, they bought more. When the US lost its triple A debt rating last summer, they bought even more.

Finextra
Nomura sells Swedish tech unit to Cinnober.
Finextra
Niomura inherited the unit when it acquired the European operations of defunct investment bank Lehman Brothers European in 2008. The office was responsible for developing the LSE MTF system Baikal, among others. The main focus for Nomura's Umeå team ...

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DTCC signals expansion into Asia
Financial Times
The decision highlights how G20 reforms that have prompted new market infrastructures to help safeguard the financial system against the fallout from another big default – like that of Lehman Brothers – are spreading to Asia.

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CNBC.com
SEC failed to act on Lehman Brothers' tricks: Whistle-blower
Economic Times
The firm he worked for, Lehman Brothers, was eventually undone by greed and hubris, its spectacular collapse in September 2008 a symbol of an age of financial excess. Against the sweeping morality tale of Lehman, the story of one analyst may seem ...
Sell-side research isn't inside informationReuters Blogs (blog)

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The Guardian
UK banks are ready for Greek exit, says Bank of England adviser
The Guardian
He was at the helm of the UK arm of Deutsche Bank when Lehman Brothers collapsed in 2008 and sees the eurozone situation as different. For a start it is not unfolding in the 72 hours it took for the Wall Street firm to collapse in September 2008.

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Business Today
Markets may try to recover
Livemint
According to a Bank of America Merrill Lynch report, business confidence has gone below the level it was at when Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. collapsed in September 2008. While valuations are below long-term averages, the market has been derated ...
Dangerously slippingThe Week

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Revival in FDI: Temporary relief or long-term succour?
Hindu Business Line
First it was the Lehman Brothers collapse in US. Rich economies of the West bore the brunt of an economic slow down that followed. India's West-dependant exports plunged while imports spiralled up, fuelled in good measure by increased crude oil and ...

RT
The euro is ripe for creative destruction
The Guardian
The spectre of Lehman Brothers looms large in the world's financial markets. Memories of the chaotic days of September 2008 came flooding back as Alistair Darling appeared on TV amid reports of capital flight and bank runs.
Grexit could have Lehman effect - expertsRT
Comment: Uncertainty haunts travel as Euro crisis plays outTravel Weekly UK
4 Reasons Why Greece Should Stay in the Euro ZoneFXstreet.com
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College grads see improving market
The Star Democrat
They arrived on campus in September 2008, the same month that Wall Street investment bank Lehman Brothers collapsed, touching off a financial crisis that exacerbated the recession. On campus, they were largely insulated from the collapsing US economy.

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Sticking to the retirement plan may be working after all
Philadelphia Inquirer
For those who swear by “sell in May and go away,” what mantra were they chanting after the collapse of Lehman Brothers in September 2008? “Sell after Lehman and never jump in again”? Those nervous days still seem so fresh to me.

Reuters Blogs (blog)
Sell-side research isn't inside information
Reuters Blogs (blog)
By Felix Salmon Ted Parmigiani, a research analyst, was fired by Lehman Brothers in 2005, after he upgraded a company called Amkor from Sell to Neutral. He discussed his upgrade on the firm-wide squawk box at 10am on June 1, and it seems that he was ...
Is Insider Trading Part of the Fabric?CNBC.com

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ECONOMY: 2012 college grads enter improving job market
North County Times
They arrived on campus in September 2008, the same month that Wall Street investment bank Lehman Brothers collapsed, touching off a financial crisis that exacerbated the recession. On campus, they were largely insulated from the collapsing US economy.

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New York Times
Is Insider Trading Part of the Fabric?
New York Times
The firm he worked for, Lehman Brothers, was eventually undone by greed and hubris, its spectacular collapse in September 2008 a symbol of an age of financial excess. Against the sweeping morality tale of Lehman, the story of one analyst may seem ...

Risk.net
No improvement in porting since Lehman, CCPs say
Risk.net
Collateral porting procedures in swaps markets have barely improved in the four years since the collapse of Lehman Brothers, according to senior clearing house execs. Speaking yesterday at a Futures Industry Association conference in New York, ...

Daily Mail
Will nobody lead us out of this mess?
Daily Mail
There has been a sharp reminder that in the four years that have passed since the collapse of the American investment bank Lehman Brothers many of the key European nations, most notably Spain, have failed to address the dangerous shortage of capital in ...
The G8 and the euro: make this one countThe Guardian

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The Guardian
UK 'may never fully recover' if Greece exits euro
The Guardian
Robert Chote, chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility, who was speaking to the Guardian as world financial markets staggered to the end of a week that rekindled memories of the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008, warned that there was risk that ...
OBR Chote: Greek Exit Could Have Lingering Economic Impact In UK-ReportNASDAQ

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Golden Sands Canyon Ranch project faces foreclosure
South Florida Business Journal
An affiliate of Lehman Brothers wants to seize the site where WSG Development Co. hoped to build the Golden Sands Canyon Ranch hotel in Miami Beach. Miami Beach-based WSG, led by Eric Sheppard, lost the main Canyon Ranch Hotel & Spa to Lehman Brothers ...

Telegraph.co.uk
HP plans massive layoff, say reports
PC Advisor
By Patrick Thibodeau | Computerworld US | 18 May 12 The last time Hewlett-Packard Co. announced a layoff of 25000 people, it was on the same day that Lehman Brothers collapsed and the stock market nose-dived. That was in September 2008.
Massive Layoffs At HP Could Affect Costa RicaInside Costa Rica
Reports: HP on Verge of Massive LayoffsChannelnomics

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Evening Standard
With customers pulling money from Greek banks apace, the political process seemingly in disarray and markets tumbling, the next few days could be the most vital for the global economy since Lehman Brothers went under in 2008.

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Corporate Counsel
Kicking the Third Rail of Shareholder Litigation
Corporate Counsel
That's what I'm hoping Manhattan US district judge Lewis Kaplan decides to do as he reviews a proposed $90 million settlement of shareholder claims against the former officers and directors of Lehman Brothers. As the deal currently stands, ...

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