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Lehman Brothers

Fed moves to protect Goldman and Morgan Stanley

By Krishna Guha in Washington

Published: September 22 2008 03:04 | Last updated: September 22 2008 20:23

The US Federal Reserve is attempting to shepherd Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley – the last two members of the dying breed of large US investment banks – to safety.

It is throwing its arms around the two companies both as a supportive regulator and as a provider of liquidity on exceedingly flexible terms.

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