Lehman Brothers collapse: where are the key figures now?
Ten years ago this weekend the investment bank’s bankruptcy caused panic in US and UKTen years ago this weekend Lehman Brothers crashed into bankruptcy – the biggest corporate failure in history – and sent the world’s financial system reeling close to collapse, causing panic among policymakers on both sides of the Atlantic. The US government was forced into a $700bn (£540bn) bailout of the banking sector, while in the UK, Lloyds Bank rescued HBOS and the government
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