Morning News Dump
I hope y'all got a good night sleep, cause today is going to be a busy day. Here's a quick snap of what happened why you were slumbering:
Futures trading: Dow off 375, S&P500 off 53, Nasdaq off 55; Oil is down to $95, Gold up $15.
Morning Headlines
• Lehman Files for Biggest Bankruptcy as Suitors Balk (Bloomberg)
• Ultimatum by Paulson Sparked Frantic End (WSJ)
• What, No Lehman Aid? (Newsweek)
• 'Tectonic' Shift on Wall Street as Lehman Fails, Merrill Sold (Bloomberg)
• After Frantic Day, Wall St. Banks Falter (NYT)
• Lehman plans to file for bankruptcy protection (Marketwatch)
• Wall Street crisis: Is this the death knell for derivatives? (Guardian)
• The Japan Lesson: U.S. Must Own Up To Its Bank Crisis (WSJ)
• Federal Reserve Offers No Cash but Loosens Standards on Emergency Loans (NYT)
• Banks roll out $70 billion loan program (AP/Yahoo)
• World’s biggest banks join forces (FT)
• Where's The Ref? (Forbes)
• Lehman's dying hours (Fortune)
• Financial turmoil as top bank collapses (CNN)
• Fed Expands Lending Facilities in Bid for Stability (WSJ)
• LEHMAN'S CARCASS RIPE FOR PICKING (NY Post)
• 5 Days of Pressure, Fear and Ultimately, Failure (NYT)
• A.I.G. Seeks $40 Billion in Fed Aid to Survive (NYT Dealbook)
• Jittery Road Ahead (NYT)
• Bank of America to Buy Merrill for $50 Billion as Crisis Widens (Bloomberg)
• Goldman, Morgan Grasp at Bitter Prize (WSJ)
• China Cuts 1-Year Lending Rate; Reduces Lending Curb (Bloomberg)
• Banks Fear Next Move by Shorts (NYT)
• A Chaotic Sunday Opens Wall Street's Week (WSJ)
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Intrade now has futures trading where you can bet on what US Bank will fail next; Incidentally, the US also has a similar financial mechanism -- they are called Puts.
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how can the sp500 only be down some 20% when we have had so many banks go bellyup... This weekend almost 3 large banks went under,, (leh) and AIG, MER ( the latter were "saved". last week. FRE, FNM... Whats up with sp500. How can it only be down small 20%..
Posted by: peter Ibsen | Sep 15, 2008 6:13:07 AM
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