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Audio slideshow: Lehmans' last day Audio slideshow: Lehmans' last day
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The collapse of Lehman Brothers - in September 2008 - was the biggest bankruptcy in US corporate history. The bank had incurred losses of billions of dollars in the US mortgage market.The collapse of Lehman Brothers - in September 2008 - was the biggest bankruptcy in US corporate history. The bank had incurred losses of billions of dollars in the US mortgage market.
The resulting shockwave that week was far reaching - with share prices plunging around the world, and other financial companies coming perilously close to the same fate as Lehmans'.The resulting shockwave that week was far reaching - with share prices plunging around the world, and other financial companies coming perilously close to the same fate as Lehmans'.
Here - with the help of BBC Radio reports from that week - see how events unfolded.Here - with the help of BBC Radio reports from that week - see how events unfolded.
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Photographs courtesy PA, AP and Getty Images. Music courtesy KPM Music.Slideshow production by Paul Kerley. Publication date 15 September 2009. Photographs courtesy PA, AP and Getty Images. Music courtesy KPM Music.Slideshow production by Paul Kerley. Publication date 14 September 2009.
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