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Lehman

American  
[lee-muhn, ley-] / ˈli mən, ˈleɪ- /

noun

  1. Herbert H(enry), 1878–1963, U.S. banker and statesman.


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Yet one mild recession and “Lehman shock” later, the BOJ headed back to zero.

From Barron's

Yet one mild recession and “Lehman shock” later, the BOJ headed back to zero.

From Barron's

In the late 1950s, a Lehman Brothers broker named Arthur L. Carter moved into an apartment in East Rockaway, New York, to raise his budding family.

From The Wall Street Journal

Such issues had just led to the explosive bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers that same month.

From The Wall Street Journal

They were owners of Lehman Brothers paper; then Lehman Brothers became a cautionary tale instead of a company, and investors got 97 cents on the dollar — this in a vehicle specifically designed to be as exciting as watching paint dry on a Treasury bill.

From MarketWatch