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Good Thing They Had Auditors

Posted on August 31, 2010 by Caleb Newquist

“Lehman’s books were in such a mess that I don’t think they knew where they were.”

~ Elizabeth James, a director of Barclays’s futures business, testifying in bankruptcy court.

Posted in EY, Quote of the DayTagged Ernst & Young, Ernst & Young appreciates the non-mention, Lehman Brothers, Oh wait...

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