US Investment Bank

Lehman Brothers, the fourth-largest US investment bank, has filed for bankruptcy protection, dealing a blow to the fragile global financial system.

由于受到脆弱的全球金融系统的冲击，美国第四大投资银行雷曼兄弟公司已经申请了破产保护。

Since the collapse of the leading US investment banks in August-September 2008, there has been a breakdown of trust in inter-bank and inter-institutional lending.

自从2008年8月、9月美国主要的投资银行破产以来，银行间和信贷机构间信用已经崩溃。

One 43-year-old chief financial officer of an investment bank told us in an interview, "I only buy lancome as it makes me feel young and beautiful."

有一位43岁的投资银行财务主管就曾在一次访谈中告诉我们：我只买“兰蔻”，因为它让我感觉年轻，漂亮。