Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. is seen as a likely suitor for Washington Mutual, which is staggering under huge mortgage losses.
More to come soon
http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/investing-and-markets/article.html?in_article_id=452146&in_page_id=3&ito=1565
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Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
Barclays has circled back to pick up the pieces of Lehman Brothers Holdings, agreeing to acquire business operations and real estate holdings from the bankrupt investment bank for about $1.75 billion.
The British bank will buy Lehman’s North American investment banking and capital markets operations, with a 10,000-strong staff, for the fire-sale price of $250 million, Barclays said in a statement Tuesday.
http://www.forbes.com/2008/09/16/barclays-lehman-update-markets-equity-cx_tw_0916markets52.html?partner=yahootix
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