HBO Films — the Emmy-collecting, moviemaking arm of the cable network — seems to prefer projects that all sound like costume dramas for news junkies who mostly consume media with “New York” in the title: The New Yorker, New York magazine and, of course, the great gray lady herself, where one imagines an HBO movie deal is probably as good as any Pulitzer. In that spirit, “Too Big to Fail” is the HBO movie version of New York Times financial columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin’s essential book of the same name , a play-by-play retelling of the 2008 economic meltdown. It premieres Monday night to the expectation that, when the right talents are convened, something as complicated as the mortgage bust, the Lehman Brothers collapse and the emergency Troubled Asset Relief Program can be respun into grippingly dramatic gold. Read full article > >

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HBO’s ‘Too Big to Fail,’ and too soon to find catharsis in our economic meltdown

The trustee in charge of the liquidation of Lehman Brothers Holdings is suing Citibank to recover $1.3bn.

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Lehman trustee is suing Citibank

The New York attorney general says the accounting firm helped enable fraud at Lehman Brothers.

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DealBook: Cuomo Sues Ernst & Young Over Lehman

The New York attorney general is said to be preparing to file a lawsuit against the auditor of Lehman Brothers.

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DealBook: Cuomo Seen to Sue Ernst & Young

JP Morgan says it will move into Lehman Brothers’ old London headquarters, and will continue work on a new skyscraper.

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JP Morgan reveals new London HQ

Stocks closed Thursday at their highest levels since just before Lehman Brothers failed two years ago. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 219.71 points, or 1.96 percent, to 11434.84, on the strength of stocks including Bank of America, J.P. Morgan…

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Dow Back to Pre-Crash Levels

Call it typecasting: Paul Giamatti will play Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke in HBO’s upcoming original movie about Wall Street, Too Big to Fail, the network announced Monday. He’ll join James Woods as Lehman Brothers CEO Dick Fuld, Ed Asner as…

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Paul Giamatti to Play Ben Bernanke

Although there was little interest in buying Lehman Brothers after it failed, there was a huge appetite for its collection of art and memorabilia at Christie’s.

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Lehman Memories Sold Off at Auction

Artwork and other memorabilia from collapsed investment bank Lehman Brothers fetch £1.6m at an auction in London.

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Lehman Brothers’ London art sale makes £1.6m

Fine art from the US offices of collapsed bank Lehman Brothers sells in New York for more than $12m.

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Lehman Bros art makes $12m in US

A Canary Wharf property company reports a fall in profits, thanks largely to the collapse of Lehman Brothers two years ago.

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Property firm hit by Lehman loss

The former head of Lehman Brothers, Dick Fuld, blames regulators for the collapse of the Wall Street investment bank.

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Lehman ‘could have received help’