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Saying CDOs "could be structured by cows and we would rate it" apparently won't get you fired at S&P

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Deutsche analyst was asked to alter numbers to make CDO look more appealing

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Lehman Brothers' Swag--SOLD!- Appraising the aughts at a high-end bankruptcy auction - Washington City Paper -- Percolate

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Lehman auction "a chance to gawk at the very terminus of aughts money culture"

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Treasury is about to announce taxpayers made $25 billion on crisis-era mortgage bond purchases

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AIG wants to get back into the mortgage market

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What five years of crisis history tells us

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Lehman's top 50 employees were paid nearly $700 million in the year before the bank collapse

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Former Lehman Brothers Chairman and CEO Fuld testifies at a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill

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Dick Fuld, in an email: "The Bros Always Wins"

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Lehman emails, just before collapse: "Bros not for sale on the cheap!!!!"

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