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Did JPMorgan bring down Lehman Brothers?

October 7, 2008 — 1:27pm ET | By Jim Kim
A filing in bankruptcy court in New York contains an explosive charge by Lehman's biggest creditors: JPMorgan froze $17 billion in cash and securities on the Friday night before its failure. The... Read more...

Wall Street firms dodge a bullet

October 5, 2008 — 9:42am ET | By Jim Kim
The Washington Post reports that the Justice Department has decided it will not seek indictments against Wall Street firms, concentrating instead on individuals. So it seems unlikely that we'll see... Read more...

Citigroup to buy back auction rate securities

August 7, 2008 — 7:30am ET | By Jim Kim
We've seen a lot of activity on the auction rate security front recently. We may start seeing some settlements. The New York Times reports that Citigroup is nearing a... Read more...

Short sellers getting inside info on CEO share sales?

July 22, 2008 — 1:26pm ET | By Jim Kim
These days, one mark of success as an academic in finance is whether your work will form the basis of an enforcement action. We've seen several studies lead to big investigations. The most recent... 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...