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On the recordOctober 5, 2008
Do you regret spending $10 billion in Lehman's cash reserves on bonuses, stock dividends and stock buy-backs, as your firm faced liquidity crisis?
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Elijah Cummings
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Cummings interrogates the former CEO of Lehman Brothers about financial decisions during a crisis.

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