Here's some. Kuhn, Loeb & Co, was bought by Lehman Bros in 1977. Lehman Bros claimed bankruptcy in 2008. The list goes on and on.
The Federal Reserve Bank is a consortium of twelve private banks which are not part of the United States Government.
These private banks purchase paper notes from the U.S. mint for printing cost or simply enter digital money into their computer then lend back the money plus interest to the people through member banks. The profits go into the share holders of the bank's pocket's, the U.S. public receives no benefit.
The Primary Owners of the Federal Reserve Bank Are:
1. Rothschild's of London and Berlin
2. Lazard Brothers of Paris
3. Israel Moses Seaf of Italy
4. Kuhn, Loeb & Co. of Germany and New York
5. Warburg & Company of Hamburg, Germany
6. Lehman Brothers of New York7. Goldman, Sachs of New York
8. Rockefeller Brothers of New York
Lehman Bros claimed bankruptcy in 2008
well if anything triggered this big economical mess we are in now it will be that along with other reason, their bankruptcy is a mystery that puzzled many economists specially when you ask yourself this question
Did it make more sense to lend AIG $180 billion when they have $60 billion in collateral, instead of lending $30 billion to save Lehman?