<p>18 months ago:</p>
<p>[Record</a> profits at Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers - Marketplace by Bloomberg - International Herald Tribune](<a href=“http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/12/14/bloomberg/bxbank.php]Record”>http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/12/14/bloomberg/bxbank.php)</p>
<p>How quickly things change…</p>