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Lehman CEO: Short-Sellers Took Down Bear
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Lehman Brothers CEO Richard Fuld has instructed his legal staff to tell regulators that he has information suggesting that short-selling hedge funds colluded to help cause the demise of Wall Street investment bank giant Bear Stearns, sources told CNBC.
The information Fuld told his staff he has comes just two weeks after the collapse of Bear Stearns and its subsequent purchase by JPMorgan Chase [JPM
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It was widely believed that Lehman Brothers [LEH
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Bear Stearns [BSC
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Lehman Brothers said it had no comment on the matter, and SEC officials did not return a request for comment.
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