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Lawrence McDonald

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One year on: the fall of Lehman Brothers

Arts, Culture & Media

All week we are reviewing the year that was: the year that marked the beginning of the recession that we continue to live through. Today we are focusing on the $600 billion collapse of Lehman Brothers ? the largest bankruptcy filing in U.S. history.

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