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Some Question Whether the Investment Bank Can Save Itself; Are There Other Shoes to Drop?

Worries about another major investment bank failure escalated Tuesday as shares in Lehman Brothers, the country's fourth largest brokerage firm, plummeted more than 40 percent. Concerns about Lehman helped erase most of the rebound that Wall Street saw on Monday, after the Dow Jones industrial average surged more than 289 points on news that the federal government was bailing out ailing mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. On Tuesday, the Dow plunged some 280 points while the share... Full Story
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