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The Motley Fool December 14, 2006 Michael Mancini	Lehman: Size Doesn't Matter In what is shaping up to be a record year for most securities firms, Lehman Brothers today announced its fourth-quarter and 2006 full-year results to less fanfare than its investment-banking brethren had earned.
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