Lehman Brothers.

Lehman Brothers and the Financial Crisis

Why Lehman was not saved?

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Appendix:

Abstract………………………………………………………………………….

Introduction…………………………………………………………………………

Reasons:

- Assets…………………………………………………………………

- Bank of America………………………………………………………..

- Barclays…………………………………………………………………

- A.I.G ………………………………………………………………..

- Dick Fuld …………………………………………………………………….

Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………

Opinion………………………………………………………………………………

Bibliographic………………………………………………………………………..

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Abstract:

This work tries to answer some questions about the case of Lehman Brothers, like, why Lehman Brothers wasn’t saved. First of all Why Bear Stearns was saved and Lehman don’t. What happened to the two potential buyers of Lehman? Why after the bankrupt of Lehman A.I.G was bailed out when the Fed and the Treasure said that there was not going to be more public money to bail outs?.

Introduction

2008 was a historic year. In 2008 many important things happened. For example, Kosovo was declared independent from Serbia, the Cyclone Nargis leaved over 32,000 deaths and 30,000 missing persons in Burma, an earthquake in Sichuan a China's Province caused more than 12,000 deaths, the depression of the financial system…

2008 made a point in the world history. It is going to be remembered as a year of chaos, distrust, complaints and unhappiness. Some people will kept in mind as a year of justice, succeed… Other will it remembered as one of their worst years they have ever seen.

2008 was a year that made a point in the history. It made a before and an after in the international finance market. It was a year of huge movements between the banks. Some of them succeeded that crisis stronger and some of them disappeared or were absorbed because of it. That was the case of Lehman Brothers.

The 15th of September of 2008, Lehman Brothers, the fourth biggest bank in US, was declared in bankrupt.

What had happened to make a Bank of that size to go to bankrupt? How could it happen with all the

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