Banks
‘We are forced to be bank robbers,’ desperate Lebanese citizens say amid financial crisis
Banks in Lebanon have partially reopened this week after the government had ordered them to be shut down. The closures were prompted by a spate of bank heists conducted by people whose savings have been stuck in banking system.
Not Too Big To Fail
It’s been one year since the financial giant Lehman Brothers collapsed: failing to find a buyer, it was forced to file for bankruptcy. A new BBC radio play, “The Day That Lehman Died”, fictionalizes the behind-the-scenes frenzy of the firm’s final days. Produced by Amanda Aronczyk and Studio 360’s Pejk Malinovski.
Lehman Brothers’ corporate art up for auction
The art that hung on the walls of Lehman Brothers corporate offices will be going to the auction block in a few weeks. We talk to Lawrence Pollard, the BBC art correspondent who has been investigating what’s happened to the Lehman Brothers art collection.