The Financial Crisis, One Year Later

A year ago, 158-year old investment bank and Wall Street stalwart Lehman Brothers Holdings collapsed on a fateful Monday.
The Financial Crisis, One Year Later
AIG: Former AIG CEO Edward Liddy testifies before the U.S. House Financial Services Committee in March 2009 as protesters decry the federal government's bailout of the troubled insurer. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
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DOW DROPS 778 POINTS: A trader reacts as the Dow Jones Industrial Average sank 777.68 points (6.98 percent) on Sept. 29, 2008, its worst single day points decline ever. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images)
NEW YORK—A year ago, 158-year old investment bank and Wall Street stalwart Lehman Brothers Holdings collapsed on a fateful Monday, Sept. 15, 2008.

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