Write-Offs: 09.11.08

By Bess Levin

$$$ Lehman v. WaMu [The Deal]
$$$ Counting the Cash for Lehman’s Chief [Dealbook]
$$$ Why Treasury Shielded Frannie’s Sub Debt [Portfolio]
$$$ Who wants to buy a bank? [Curious Capitalist]

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Posted by guest | September 11, 2008 at 7:49 PM

First?
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Posted by guest | September 11, 2008 at 10:37 PM

second
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Posted by diablo | September 11, 2008 at 11:16 PM

OK, I thought watching Maria’s birthday today on CNBC was painful enough. That is until I watched this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z75QSExE0jU
Oy!
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Posted by guest | September 11, 2008 at 11:43 PM

Wharton to 53K!
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Posted by CrazyCougar | September 12, 2008 at 5:34 AM

@diablo: OUCH! May God — should he or she exist –, or more to the point: a responsible voter spare this world the McCain/Palin duo infernal.
Not another (Vice-)president who has to be briefed on world affairs while in office. That’s like skipping the beta-testing of software and pissing paying customers off by abusing them as lab rats, only potentially more lethal.
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Posted by guest | September 12, 2008 at 8:04 AM

BAC Lehman Brothers?
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Posted by guest | September 12, 2008 at 8:08 AM

@7bank of brothers, get it right
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Posted by guest | September 12, 2008 at 8:12 AM

@7: Will they change their ticker symbol to BOB?
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Posted by guest | September 12, 2008 at 8:17 AM

@8
May be they will change their symbol to BYOB?
Bank-Yo-Bro
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Posted by guest | September 12, 2008 at 8:25 AM

@9: Not yet but eventually. That’s what their subprime affiliate will be known as when we repeat this cycle in another 20 years or so.

Dealbreaker