2008 Scotia Capital Financial Services Conference

The Globe and Mail, Tara Perkins, 10 September 2008Just days after the U.S. government stepped in to save Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the system confronted its next big challenge as shares of Lehman Brothers plunged on fears that the fourth-largest investment bank on Wall Street would not be able to raise needed capital.The bank that helped establish a formal market for cotton, and financed new