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Lehman sought millions for execs while seeking aid
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The now-bankrupt investment bank Lehman Brothers arranged millions in bonuses for fired executives as it pleaded for a federal lifeline, lawmakers learned Monday, as Congress began investigating what went so wrong on Wall Street to prompt a $700 billion..
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Breaking on the Web: Wall Street Crisis Edition
http://www.propublica.org/investigations/#When:16:35:00ZCompanies in Bailout Are Big Donors to Candidates, Parties - Greg Gordon, McClatchy Newspapers Lawmakers Say Lehman Sought Millions for Execs Amidst Crisis - Julie Hirschfeld Davis, AP Citi Sues Wachovia, Wells Fargo Over Takeover - AP FHA Will Take on Subprime Loans Shunned by Lenders - Bob Ivry, Bloomberg How Shadow Market Magnified Economic Crisis - CBS News
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In your heart you knew this was happening
http://southofheaven.typepad.com/south_of_heaven/2008/10/in-...Didn't you? Days from becoming the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history, Lehman Brothers steered millions to departing executives even while pleading for a federal rescue, Congress was told Monday. How much of the 800 billion do you think ends up in the fatcats' pockets?
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In your heart you knew this was happening
http://southofheaven.typepad.com/south_of_heaven/2008/10/in-...Didn't you? Days from becoming the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history, Lehman Brothers steered millions to departing executives even while pleading for a federal rescue, Congress was told Monday. How much of the 800 billion do you think ends up in the fatcats' pockets?
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