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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 02:33 PM Original message |
Preparations made for Lehman Brothers to get insolvency protection |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
1. insolvency protection = bailout |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 02:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I picked this up from LBN on TV |
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Ghost Dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 02:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. By 'insolvency protection' they seem to mean Chapter 11 |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 05:01 PM Response to Reply #4 |
27. Yes, I read their CEO's exit package will dive from $956M to about $60M. What a tough break, eh? nt |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
2. Expect them to go down SHARPLY |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 03:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Even under a merger or bailout their stock |
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Bearheim (10 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
5. My Friends |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 05:49 PM Response to Reply #5 |
34. Very good - a little insertion to remind us. You should post this remark every time |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
6. That is called bankruptcy, Lehman is bankrupt |
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BR_Parkway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
8. Bank of America Is Said to Abandon Talks to Buy Lehman, Following Barclays |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Bye Bye Stock Market |
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BR_Parkway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:12 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. And now BOA is going after Merrill - guess we'll see AIP go down |
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GOPNotForMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:12 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. AIP or AIG? nt |
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BR_Parkway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:12 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. "G" - typing while munching on chips |
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GOPNotForMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:12 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Or maybe you had Palin on the brain? |
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BR_Parkway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:12 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Possibly, but right now with this mess, Palin seems like nothing more |
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lurky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. "Barclays walked away because it couldn't get guarantees..." |
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Klukie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
16. Lehman sale talks falter, bankruptcy fears grow |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:12 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Let them go under, I'm sick of bailing out these fat cats |
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Demobrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:12 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Tell that to the tens of thousands of employees, regular people with |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:36 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. It's not even them... |
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natrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:41 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. by design? tell me the neocons or whoever didn't orchestrate that oil shock |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:58 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Quite possible... |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 05:35 PM Response to Reply #19 |
32. Sorry, YOU support them, they are part of the reason for the housing crisis. |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 08:04 PM Response to Reply #19 |
36. Well, they should have saved it up for a rainy day |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:12 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. They're gone. The only question is whether or not WaMu is too. |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:12 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Good, let them go under & crash the market |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:12 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. ANY rescue will only help Bush/McCain |
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natrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:43 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. don't depressions last for years and sometimes facism is a result |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 05:25 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. The depression CANNOT be prevented. It can only be delayed. |
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Tallison (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 05:51 PM Response to Reply #25 |
35. The New Deal was the progeny of our last |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 09:01 PM Response to Reply #21 |
38. I want all thse corporate fuckers' houses of cards to burn down. |
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gordianot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:12 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. The game is almost over. This promises to bring Hurricanes to everyone. |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
29. Lehman to File for Bankruptcy Protection |
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MidwestTransplant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 05:29 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. That's too bad. |
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Tallison (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 05:29 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. What does this mean? |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 05:45 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. And the Federal Reserve has agreed to accept lower-quality assets in return for loans from the gover |
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nebenaube (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 08:08 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. ummm.... |
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