Published 10:32 PM ET Sun, 14 Sept 2008 Updated 1:26 PM ET Thu, 5 Aug 2010 CNBC.com The U.S. financial system was badly shaken Sunday by the failure of Lehman Brothers , the surprise takeover of Merrill Lynch and big asset sales by major insurer American International Group. The developments indicate that chief executives on Wall Street and regulators in Washington are accepting that massive triag
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