摘要
Right after Lehman Brothers declared bankruptcy a series of bad news came one after another.Merrill Lynch was bought out.American International Group(AIG)was handed over to the U.S.government. Washington Mutual,the largest savings bank in the U.S.,was said to be looking for a buyer.In Rus- sia,stock exchange was forced to a suspension due to a record slump in 10 years in its stock market. It seems that the end of the Moon Festival this year marked the beginning of a global financial crisis。