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...chain of events over the weekend went something like this: Efforts to find a buyer for struggling Lehman Bros. collapsed in the face of government resistance to any kind of bailout and the refusal of all potential purchasers (UK-based Barclays was reportedly the one that came closest to making an offer) to sign a deal without government backing. With Lehman headed for bankruptcy, Merrill Lynch was the next- most-vulnerable-looking Wall Street firm, so its CEO, John Thain, quickly inked a $29 a share sale to Bank of America that values Merrill at $50 billion. Meanwhile, AIG asked...
...with a penchant for savvy multi-billion dollar deals. This January, he bought Countrywide Financial Corp. for $4 billion in stock, adding "largest mortgage provider" to Bank of America's list of bragging rights and saving Countrywide from possible bankruptcy. With that purchase, Lewis became a kind of quasi-savior on Wall Street - the man who helped you stand when you could no longer do it on your own. If everything goes smoothly, the Merrill Lynch & Co. purchase - which some analysts called "too good an opportunity" to pass up - will make Bank of America into the nation's largest brokerage...
...years at Lehman, he arrived at work Monday morning without any idea of what might happen beyond what he read in the Wall Street Journal. "The really top execs screwed up very badly," he says. "They wouldn't admit defeat. They were macho. Absolute power corrupts absolutely - that kind of thing." Asked whether management had made any announcements on the firm's next steps, another employee responded: "No, but it's over...
...shots on goal in the first 40 minutes of play, Harvard came back with a vengeance, scoring three times in its final nine attempts on goal. “We made it difficult for ourselves at first,” Sager said. “That’s kind of been the story for us all year—we’re a second-half team.” The Crimson looks to improve on this weakness before its next matchup against Rhode Island on Wednesday. Clark believes the team’s senior class can help lead...
...phone service, no water and no power over much of the place. But I have no doubt the city will rebuild better than ever. I knew Mayor Lyda Ann Thomas when I was a beat reporter for the Galveston County Daily News. She's a tough, no-nonsense kind of woman, and from an old Galveston family that knows about hurricanes. The island is lucky to have her at the helm...