TITLE

Barbs traded at hearing on Lehman's fall

AUTHOR(S)
Soraghan, Mike
PUB. DATE
October 2008
SOURCE
Hill;10/7/2008, Vol. 15 Issue 117, p1
SOURCE TYPE
Newspaper
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
The article reports that Congressional Democrats and Republicans traded accusations over what and whom to blame for the financial crisis amid startling new revelations surrounding the bankruptcy of the Lehman Brothers investment bank.
ACCESSION #
35170376

Tags: BANKRUPTCY;  LEHMAN Brothers Inc.

 

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