Multimedia Special Times of Crisis
One year ago, Lehman Brothers collapsed, sending shock waves around the world and bringing the global financial system to the brink of collapse. SPIEGEL ONLINE and Reuters present an interactive timeline of key events.
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On Sept. 15, 2008, the 158-year-old investment bank Lehman Brothers became the largest bankruptcy in United States history. Its collapse paralyzed the global financial system.
Governments pumped in cash, but the crisis deepened and broadened, crippling industries and crushing hopes with a force not seen in Europe since World War II.
As signs of recovery emerge, SPIEGEL ONLINE and Reuters chart 365 days of upheaval to see how lives around the globe have changed as a divergent world embarks on an era of historic challenge.
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