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Fire Walk With Me

(38,893 posts)
Tue May 14, 2013, 09:44 AM May 2013

Lehman Reaches Beyond Grave to Grab Millions From Nonprofits

Occupy Wall Street ?@OccupyWallSt

Five years after its collapse, Lehman Brothers is *still* reaching for every last penny - this time, from nonprofits: http://ow.ly/l0Ul9


http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-14/lehman-reaches-beyond-grave-to-grab-millions-from-nonprofits.html

Almost five years after Lehman Brothers Holding Inc (LEHMQ). filed for bankruptcy and set off the global financial crisis, managers of the bank’s estate are demanding millions of dollars from retirement homes, colleges and hospitals.
Enlarge image Lehman Reaches Beyond Grave to Grab Millions From Nonprofits

After selling most of its assets, Lehman now says it was shortchanged by scores of nonprofits that were forced to pay to exit derivatives that were unwound after the firm filed for Chapter 11 protection. Photographer: Oli Scarff/Getty Images

The Buck Institute for Research on Aging in Novato, California, gave Lehman $2 million in October 2008 to cancel a swap contract used to manage fluctuating interest rates. Lehman says it wants $12.1 million more and has assessed at least an additional $4.7 million in interest, the research center said in its most recent financial statement. The amount Lehman is seeking is more than half of what Buck spent last year researching Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and other diseases.

“Lehman is sort of a zombie-like bankruptcy entity: Instead of looking for brains, it’s looking for cash,” said Chip Bowles, a bankruptcy lawyer with Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP in Louisville, Kentucky.

(More at the link. Banksters ARE the problem.)

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Lehman Reaches Beyond Grave to Grab Millions From Nonprofits (Original Post) Fire Walk With Me May 2013 OP
I wonder if any of the tea baggers or conservative churches are being WCGreen May 2013 #1
"tea party" are Koch brothers owned and operated. The 1% do not screw over each other Fire Walk With Me May 2013 #4
OMG! Demeter May 2013 #2
And what is the solution? Demeter May 2013 #3
It should be noted that the trustees Vinnie From Indy May 2013 #5
 

Fire Walk With Me

(38,893 posts)
4. "tea party" are Koch brothers owned and operated. The 1% do not screw over each other
Tue May 14, 2013, 10:03 AM
May 2013

except Bernie Madoff, which did and went to jail, the only damn bankster to do so.

Perhaps in their greed, the 1% WILL begin consuming each other, too many rats in a cage. That would be fun.

Vinnie From Indy

(10,820 posts)
5. It should be noted that the trustees
Tue May 14, 2013, 10:20 AM
May 2013

are trying to recover money for people that got wiped out by Lehman's demise.

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