Entries tagged "Lehman"

Lehman author faces lawsuit

Former Lehman Brothers trader Lawrence McDonald, the author of 'A Colossal Failure of Common Sense,' not only has to contend with bad reviews of his book, but also a lawsuit.

A Colossal Failure: Laying blame for Lehman's fall

Former Lehman distressed debt trader Lawrence McDonald's book is more like two separate memoirs about his life before Lehman, and a second about the four years leading up to the bank's collapse.

Lewis and Cohan call for the revolution

Thoughts on Sunday's New York Times column where Sandy Lewis and William Cohan call for a financial revolution.

Lehman's case a study for Chrysler

If Chrysler really wants to sell to Fiat, its best strategy is to take a page from the Lehman playbook.

Video: CDSs and bank nationalization

If a major U.S. bank is nationalized, it could trigger credit default swaps and create a "meltdown" bigger than the fallout of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.

LSE taps Lehman alum as CEO

In March veteran trader Xavier Rolet will take over the reins of the exchange.

Former Lehman CEO sells estate to wife for $100

Richard Fuld Jr., the former chairman and CEO of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., sold his share of a $13.75 million Jupiter Island, Fla., home to his wife Kathy for $100 nearly two months after the company he led made the largest bankruptcy filing in U.S. history....

Frank Rich and the case against Geithner

Frank Rich in Sunday's New York Times is on target with his argument that we've lost the ironic intent of David Halberstam's "best and the brightest" sobriquet. And he has a perfect right to question whether sterling credentials will solve our problems, particularly when faced with a crisis as complex and deeply rooted as ours. But what's Obama to do: search out a mediocrity or someone lacking any credentials, get excoriated in the media, all in the hope that a dark-horse nominee would turn out well? Indeed, that's the real thrust of Rich's column: that somehow everyone we think as...

GM's jet sale could run into turbulence

Remember the faux pas a few weeks ago by the heads of the Big Three automakers, who came to Washington to plead their case for a multibillion-dollar bailout and yet arrived via private jet? Well, those execs went to the other ridiculous extreme on Tuesday, returning to what's now become our financial as well as governmental capital in hybrid cars to signal their desperation for what's become a $34 billion bailout. As if their newfound greenness will make taxpayers less green with envy about not having a private jet to tool around in. ...

Marsal wants bonus for Lehman work

Wall Street chieftains across the board may be forgoing bonuses this year, but don't tell that to Alvarez & Marsal's Bryan Marsal. ...

Roll Call: Oct. 27, 2008

DealBook's new columnist Jack Flack offers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's former chief some advice when appearing before Congress later in the week. (DealBook) Deal Journal's Heidi Moore calls the report of a Goldman, Sachs & Co.-Citigroup Inc. merger a bad idea. (Deal Journal) Meanwhile, Clusterstock's John Carney and Portfolio's Felix Salmon have been engaging in an online debate over whether it was right for Treasury to let Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. fail. (Clusterstock) On the subject of the Treasury, Henry Blodget has some harsh suggestions on how TARP should be executed in light of reports that J.P. Morgan...

No joke, Freddie battles Lehman for $1.2B

In a comedy of errors, Freddie Mac wants to investigate transactions regarding $1.2 billion that bankrupt Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. owes it, while the debtor is trying to stop the transfer of its stock. ...

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