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Wall Street Roundup: Lehman’s filmmakers. A trading firm for slackers.

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Lehman case coming? The Wall Street Journal reports that the Securities and Exchange Commission may finally bring a case against Lehman Bros. executives based on some questionable accounting practices used before the firm’s bankruptcy.

Lehman’s filmmakers. Since the bankruptcy, two former Lehman employees are using their skills to produce films, including the forthcoming “Wakiyaku Monogatari.’

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Harvard’s return. Harvard University’s massive endowment, which struggled during the financial crisis, bounced back over the last year with 11% returns.

The American decline story. Nouriel Roubini, one of the most famous prophets of the subprime meltdown, is out with a new essay sketching out an even more depressing story for America’s economic future.

A trading firm for slackers. A look at Briargate Trading, where traders focus on the market’s close and open, and take the rest of the day off.

-- Nathaniel Popper in New York

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