And when asked whether Greece would default, he insisted that European leaders would not let Greece be a "Lehmans-style event" for the global economy.

BBC: The global economy and the Hollow Men

This is what killed Northern Rock recall, what killed Lehmans.

FORBES: Dexia and Proton: the First of the Coming Wave of European Bank Failures

The other side is saying "don't forget Lehmans".

BBC: Greece: Costing the exit

It will include the Lehmans, Morgans, Rothschilds.

WSJ: The Art of Collecting

In October 2008, officials at the US Treasury and the New York Federal Reserve also thought that the private sector was prepared for Lehmans to go bust (after all, they'd had six months to think about it, since the authorities managed the collapse of Bear Stearns).

BBC: Greece: Costing the exit

In some ways, as frustrating as the financial sector has been here in the United States after the Lehmans collapse, the aggressive actions that were taken right after Lehmans did help us to strengthen the financial sector and the banking sector in ways that Europe did not fully go through.

WHITEHOUSE: President Obama��s News Conference on the American Jobs Act