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  2. Bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers - Wikipedia

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    The bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, also known as the Crash of '08 and the Lehman Shock, on September 15, 2008, was the climax of the subprime mortgage crisis. After the financial services firm was notified of a pending credit downgrade due to its heavy position in subprime mortgages, the Federal Reserve summoned several banks to negotiate ...

  3. Bids for the 2026 Commonwealth Games - Wikipedia

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    On 18 July 2023, Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews and Deputy Premier Jacinta Allan announced the state government intended to cancel the 2026 Victorian Games. [1] [2] Fifteen months after agreeing to host the Games, the Premier said the cost had escalated to an estimated A$ 6–7 billion, double the estimated economic benefits for the state, and the government could not justify the expense. [3]

  4. List of Olympic Games scandals, controversies and incidents

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    The IOC then awarded the Games to Helsinki, Finland, the runner-up in the original bidding process, but the Games were not held due to the Winter War. Ultimately, the Olympic Games were suspended indefinitely following the outbreak of World War II and did not resume until the London Games of 1948 .

  5. Invitation to tender - Wikipedia

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    A tender announcement from the Indonesian Ministry of Finance. An invitation to tender (ITT, also known as a call for bids [1] or a request for tenders) is a formal, structured procedure for generating competing offers from different potential suppliers or contractors looking to obtain an award of business activity in works, supply, or service contracts, often from companies who have been ...

  6. Bid rigging - Wikipedia

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    Leaking of bid information, which requires a relationship of some degree between the project and a bidder as the bidder is handed information to gain an unfair advantage. [4] Bid manipulation is another method for officials to choose the bidder of their choice but occurs after receipt of bids. The methods for this would include either changing ...

  7. Scandals of the Ulysses S. Grant administration - Wikipedia

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    However, after receiving a letter from Grant, Boutwell canceled the order. Previously, Secretary Boutwell had been selling regularly at $1,000,000 of gold each week. [ 15 ] On September 6, 1869, Gould bought the Tenth National Bank , which was used as a buying house for gold, and Gould and Fisk then began buying gold in earnest.

  8. How To Decline Wedding Invitations Due to Financial ... - AOL

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    With as many as 2.5 million weddings scheduled to take place -- or already well underway -- in 2022, some may wonder if there's a polite way to decline a wedding invitation amid ongoing...

  9. 2026 European Men's Handball Championship bidding process

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    The bidding timeline was as follows: [1] 4 June 2020 – Invitation to National Federations to provide a letter of intent to the EHF for hosting the EHF EUROs 2026 & 2028; 1 October 2020 – Deadline for submitting the letter of intent and request for the bidding documents by the interested federations