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Lehman first disclosed $6.5bn of CDO exposure only in the 10-Q — not the press release — and took just a $200M write-down despite ~25% of the pool being below investment grade. Level 3 assets moved from an $875M loss described by CFO Erin Callan on the conference call to a $228M gain in the filing, a $1.1bn swing Lehman cannot credibly explain. A claimed $400-600M unrealized gain on KSK Energy Ventures collapses when the Indian red-herring prospectus shows Lehman itself led the January restructuring. 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Of course, this one is particularly worthy because it supports a great cause: The Tomorrows Children’s Fund. Further, it is important for investors to discuss market information and analysis to help sort the good companies from the bad. 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