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Two Days That Upended Wall Street (wsj.com)
In this excerpt from On the Brink: Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System, the former Treasury secretary details the tense hours leading up to Lehman Brothers' bankruptcy....


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Tag: Bank of America, Lehman Brothers, Economic history, Finance, Barclays, Banks, Immediate Records, Bear Stearns,
Currency: USD,
Organization: New York Fed, British government, FSA, Financial Services Authority, Security and Exchange Commission,
Person: Hank Paulson, John Varley, John Mack, Henry Paulson, HENRY M. PAULSON JR., Dick Fuld, Ken Lewis, Tim Geithner, Bob Diamond,
Company: LinkedIn, Lehman Brothers, Dow Jones & Company Inc., Cox, Astoria, MySpace, Yahoo!, Morgan Stanley, Dow Jones, Twitter, Bank of America, StumbleUpon, Bear Stearns, Barclays,
Country: United States, United Kingdom,
Facility: Waldorf-Astoria Hotel,
City: Waldorf, London, Washington, New York,
IndustryTerm: Bank chiefs, Copyright law,
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mixmax said:
Hank Paulson seems to be a very religious man. What is it with Americans and religion?
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iamelgringo said:
It's pretty much in the US's DNA. I did find that excerpt a little weird, though.
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