Following on from the discussion, me and some of the other brothers were having in the Bear Stearns thread, here are some recent stories:
HSBC, the UK's biggest bank, and one of the biggest banks in the world, announces $17bn loss as a result of the US credit crisis
BBC NEWS | Business | HSBC in $17bn credit crisis loss
European share markets hammered by credit crisis
BBC NEWS | Business | Shares steady after bank worries
Lehman Brothers and Goldman Sachs both saw their profits more than halved in the first quarter of 2008.
BBC NEWS | Business | US bank profits more than halved
The US subprime crisis in graphics
BBC NEWS | Business | The US sub-prime crisis in graphics
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