Latest update: 10/12/2008 

- economy - financial crisis - USA


Lehman Brothers: the end of an era?
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As Lehman Brothers liquidates, Bank of America takes over the ailing Merrill Lynch and insurance giant AIG staggers on the verge of bankruptcy, we discuss whether the current financial crisis can get any worse. (Part 1 of 2)

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Click here to watch the second part of our debate.

 

 

Also on tonight's show: are the world's financial authorities devising the best responses to this crushing financial crisis?

 

Andrea Sanke's guests are:

 

Philippe Dessertine, Director of the Institute for High Finance in Paris.

 

Craig Copetas, Senior writer for Bloomberg News. 

 

Philip Klapwijk, Executive Chairman of the economics consultancy firm GFMS.

 

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