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Lehman administrator files record bankruptcy plan

AFP Global Edition 9 hours ago

The administrator for failed Wall Street giant Lehman Brothers has filed plans to end the largest bankruptcy in US history, opening the way for the creation of a new company. "The proposed plan represents a fair economic resolution for all Lehman creditors ...

Barclays targeted UBS ahead of Lehman buy: report

Reuters US Online Report Business News 10 hours ago

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Barclays Plc <BARC.L> considered UBS AG <UBSN.VX> its preferred merger target just weeks before it bought U.S. assets from the collapsed Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc <LEHMQ.PK>, the Financial Times said in its online edition on Monday. A spokeswoman ...

UBS execs net $52mln bonuses for 2009

AFP Global Edition yesterday

Swiss bank UBS said Monday that its top executives were awarded 54.9 million Swiss francs (38 million euros, 52 million dollars) in bonuses in 2009 as the total wage bill for senior echelons soared with the bank's return to profit. Members of ...

BofA looking to expand business in China: report

Reuters US Online Report Business News yesterday

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bank of America Corp <BAC.N>, the largest U.S. bank, plans to seek approval to expand its operations in China, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the situation. According to the Journal, the bank ...

Lehman balance sheet massaging may not be unusual

Reuters US Online Report Business News 3 days ago

NEW YORK (Reuters) - On Wall Street, massaging the balance sheet is a time-honored practice. But did Lehman Brothers Holding Inc <LEHMQ.PK> cross a line in the routine manipulation of its balance sheet, as described by an independent examiner? That is the ...

Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy

AP News 3 days ago

FILE - In this Oct. 6, 2008 file photo, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. Chief Executive Richard S. Fuld Jr., testifies before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, on the collapse of Lehman Brothers. A report by ...

Lehman Brothers

AP News 3 days ago

FILE - In this Oct. 6, 2008 file photo, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. Chief Executive Richard S. Fuld Jr., front center, is heckled by protesters as he leaves Capitol Hill in Washington after testify before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee ...

Lehman failure 'fault of managers, banks, auditors'

AFP Global Edition 3 days ago

A court-appointed expert has blamed the collapse of investment bank Lehman Brothers on its top management as well as audit firm Ernst & Young and banks Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase. The 158-year-old bank filed for protection in September 2008 in the largest ...

Lehman failure fault of managers, banks, auditors: expert

AFP Global Edition 4 days ago

A court-appointed expert blamed the collapse of investment bank Lehman Brothers on its top management as well as audit firm Ernst & Young and banks Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase. The 158-year-old bank filed for protection in September 2008 in the largest US ...

Examiner sees accounting gimmicks in Lehman demise

Reuters US Online Report Business News 4 days ago

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc used accounting gimmicks and had been insolvent for weeks before it filed for bankruptcy in September 2008, but there was not extensive wrongdoing, a court-appointed examiner has found. In a 2,200-page report made public ...

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