Barclays Deck
Why did Barclays NOT buy Lehman Brothers whole before it filed for bankruptcy — and why did it buy the US business days later?
Model answer
Over the rescue weekend of September 13-14, 2008, Barclays was the leading candidate to buy all of Lehman, but the deal died largely because UK authorities would not waive the shareholder-approval…
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