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The Motley Fool September 17, 2008 Alex Dumortier	Has a Run on Goldman and Morgan Begun? NYU economics professor Nouriel Roubini may have been right. We could very well be witnessing the death throes of the modern U.S. investment bank.
The Motley Fool October 2, 2009 Morgan Housel	The Biggest Bank Deals That Never Happened You think you've seen too big to fail? You ain't seen nothing.
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The Motley Fool June 17, 2009 Matt Koppenheffer	Will Obama's Plan Lead to Financial Failure? Only time will tell if Obama's plan will lead to a better system or just a bureaucratic mess.
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The Motley Fool October 16, 2006 Dumortier & Khattab	Investment Banks Under the Microscope Investors, which Wall Street firms make the grade? Goldman Sachs... Lehman Brothers... Bear Stearns... Morgan Stanley... Merrill Lynch... etc.
The Motley Fool September 22, 2008 Anand Chokkavelu	Fool Poll: The Biggest Financial Shock of the Week Last weeks financial stories were amazing. Crazy rumors trumped by crazier reality. Which one of these made you gasp the loudest?
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The Motley Fool September 11, 2009 Morgan Housel	Lehman Brothers and the Age of Stupidity Next Tuesday, Sept. 15, marks one year since Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy protection. One year later, we ask: What's changed?
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The Motley Fool April 19, 2010 Alex Dumortier	Is JPMorgan the New Lehman? Think you know all the risks? Think again.
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