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Barclays chief on Lehman move

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Barclays has bought some of the core assets of the US investment bank Lehman Brothers for £1bn following its shock collapse.

Bob Diamond, the president of Barclays in the UK, told the BBC's Greg Wood why and how the purchase became a reality.

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