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Richard Fuld Breaks His Silence Since Lehman’s Collapse
After nearly seven years of public silence, Richard S. Fuld Jr., the former chief executive of Lehman Brothers, had a lot to say. In a rambling speech on Thursday at the Marcum MicroCap Conference at the Grand Hyatt New York in Midtown Manhattan — his first public appearance since the financial crisis — Mr. Fuld, nicknamed “the Gorilla” of Wall Street, offered an opinion about the Islamic State, fretted about Vladimir Putin and suggested that the economy was not nearly as healthy as the stock markets might suggest. But while Mr. Fuld, known as the Gorilla for his brusque style, was eager to share his views ... (full story)