Eerste echte kredietrellen in Hong Kong

In Hong Kong kwam het vandaag tot rellen, als gevolg van de kredietcrisis. Veel mensen verdringen zich om hun geld van de bank te halen, en er is veel verontwaardiging over verliezen als gevolg van het omvallen van Lehman. De Hang Seng-index verloor overigens 8% aan waarde.

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FBI onderzoekt fraude bij grote financials

De FBI is een onderzoek gestart naar mogelijke fraude bij hypotheekverstrekkers Fannie Mae en Freddie Mac, verzekeraar AIG en voormalige zakenbank Lehman Brothers.

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George Soros says more banks will go under; speaks of a "meltdown" and the 1930s

Soros: "Well I'm afraid we are not through it at all. In some ways we are heading into the storm rather than coming out of it. And right at this minute we are at the very precarious moment because the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers has thrown the financial markets into turmoil."

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Goldman, Morgan Stanley face post-Lehman funding issues: analysts

Analysts expressed concern about the funding supporting the surviving independent Wall Street investment banks Monday, following the sale of Merrill Lynch & Co. and the bankruptcy filing of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.

Lehman's "apparent demise and the likely damage to its bondholders indicates significant spread-widening for independent broker-dealers and probably considerably narrower access to funds," Merrill Lynch banking analyst Guy Moszkowski said in a research note Monday.

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