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Some perspective on the Lehman implosion

September 22, 2008 — 9:36am ET | By Jim Kim
TheDeal.com offers an interesting take on the Lehman Brothers failure. Lehman's liabilities totaled $613 billion at the time of its bankruptcy filing. Unsecured claims of the top 30 claimants show... Read more...

Is the worst now over? John Paulson may think so

September 8, 2008 — 7:51am ET | By Jim Kim
The idea that we need a big failure to get past a financial crisis has long been out there. That's one reason a lot of people assumed that the Bear Stearns implosion signaled the worst was over. Of... Read more...

Why not blame Goldman Sachs?

July 16, 2008 — 1:04pm ET | By Jim Kim
The issue of the moment is Goldman Sachs and what its London-based traders did, if anything, that might be construed as manipulation of Lehman Brothers' and Bear Stearns'... Read more...

Banking industry future still cloudy

May 14, 2008 — 6:59am ET
So is the worst really over? We've been hearing as much from lots of executives as of late. But not everyone is buying it. Case in point: Former Fed official Vincent Reinhart says banks face an... Read more...

New era for prime brokers?

April 10, 2008 — 6:59am ET
The credit crunch and the implosion of Bear Stearns mark a good opportunity to remake the prime brokerage industry, notes Financial News Online. Read more...

Lehman doubters' short-sightedness backfires

April 2, 2008 — 7:59am ET
Recall all the rumors about Bear Stearns right before its final implosion; they were pretty intense--so intense that the SEC is looking... Read more...