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...As a liquidator, “you can sit in something for ages and generate fees, but he’s not that kind of guy.”...
...“Lehman, Morgan Stanley, Bear [Stearns] were all waiting to say these guys couldn’t even do their own IPO,” the person said....
...Jimmy was a very decent guy.”...
...But also at the same time, you know, if I made 400 grand, what did that guy make? What did that guy make? What did those guys other than me. So you want more....
...“Whenever I go golfing . . . there are very many cross friends among the top executives, guys saying [sorry] my company is below one price to book, I’m sorry,” he said with a smile....
...“When I see the outside guys come in and buy I’m like, ‘Why are you doing this?’”...
...Officials in Berlin worried a collapse of the company might trigger a Lehman Brothers-style meltdown of the whole German energy sector....
...His Lehman banker bags sold out, and “significantly outperformed Bear Stearns”. The colours are better, he says....
...Officials in Berlin have been desperate to prevent a collapse, fearing it might trigger a Lehman Brothers-style meltdown of the whole German energy sector....
...the same time, Finland and Sweden unveiled €33bn in liquidity support to electricity producers to avert what the Finnish economy minister called “all the ingredients for the energy sector’s version of Lehman...
...— The £5bn flaws in the UK oil and gas windfall tax (Tax Policy Associates) — All poverty is energy poverty (Omnibudsman / Substack) — ‘I would never date a crypto guy again.’...
...The subsequent FBI raid on Sherry Lehman would attest to that....
...“He was the point person, working with the whole US Treasury group and guys in Washington to make sure that ourselves and the likes of Goldman Sachs survived and the whole bank run was blocked.”...
...Officials in Berlin worried that the company’s collapse might trigger a Lehman Brothers-style meltdown of the whole German energy sector....
...“I’m not a protectionist, I’m a market guy, but this is a very special case,” said Köppel. “The way this takeover has been politically orchestrated is an attack on our rule and law-based order.”...
...The aim, officials say, is to avoid a repeat of 2008 when the collapse of Lehman Brothers cascaded through the whole financial market, helping to trigger a global crisis....
...It is designed to prevent gas importers becoming insolvent, a scenario ministers fear could cause a Lehman Brothers-style meltdown of the whole sector....
...On Thursday, Lehman Brothers collapsed,” Dezer said. “Disaster. It was a complete disaster.” Buyers abandoned their deposits and walked away....
...Compared with his record of megadeals bringing together Barclays and Lehman Brothers, Dow Chemical and Dupont, and Glencore and Xstrata, this will be a small one....
...I thought the guy with the funny hair seemed smart. There’s a good reason for that!...
...He’s a smart guy. I think he may be trying to get the attention of the prime minister with this kind of strategy....
...It’s been two weeks since FTX — one of the crypto industry’s marquee brands — fell into bankruptcy in spectacular fashion and I compared it to the collapse of Lehman Brothers....
...“Don’t try to take on the US guys.”...
...It was after Barclays snapped up Lehman Brothers’ investment bank at the height of the financial crisis that Joshi left for Deutsche Bank....
...The saga began with an innocuous Instagram post: “Are you guys into crypto????”...
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