| 1 | Lehman will pump $5 billion to $7.5 billion into REI Global, and lend funds to it as well. | |
| 2 | The injection of Troubled Asset Relief Programme funds added more money to the financial system. | |
| 3 | Last month, a U.S. bankruptcy judge allowed Lehman to pump cash into the two banks to avoid a seizure by regulators. | |
| 4 | It has access to cheap finance. It can ignore its share price, since its majority shareholder, the government, is onside. | |
| 5 | The global backdrop will no doubt be on Federal Reserve officials' minds as they mull the costs and benefits of pumping more money into the financial system. |