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Astin Capital Management Ltd (Astin Capital Management) is a private equity firm founded in 2002 by Charles Grant Bray. The firm is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Credit Suisse International (Investment Management) (Credit Suisse International-IM) is the investment management division of Credit Suisse International, an investment banking firm headquartered in London, UK. The firm was founded in 1990 and is a subsidiary of Credit Suisse AG, which is ultimately owned by Credit Suisse Group AG (SWX: CSGN) in Switzerland. Credit Suisse International-IM provides investment advisory and management services.

Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. was a global financial services firm. Prior to declaring bankruptcy in 2008, Lehman was the fourth-largest investment bank in the US (behind Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and Merrill Lynch), doing business in investment banking, equity and fixed-income sales and trading (especially U.S. Treasury securities), research, investment management, private equity, and private banking. On September 15, 2008, the firm filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection following the massive exodus of most of its clients, drastic losses in its stock, and devaluation of its assets by credit rating agencies. Lehman's bankruptcy filing is the largest in US history and played a major role in the unfolding of the late-2000s global financial crisis. The next day, Barclays announced its agreement to purchase Lehman's North American investment banking and trading divisions along with its New York headquarters building. A revised version of that agreement was approved by the US Bankruptcy Court and the next week, Nomura Holdings announced that it would acquire Lehman Brothers' franchise in the Asia-Pacific region, including Japan, Hong Kong and Australia, as well as Lehman Brothers' investment banking and equities businesses in Europe and the Middle East. The deal became effective on October 13, 2008.

O'Connor & Associates PLLC specializes in property tax reduction. The private company is based in Houston, TX. The company's services are available to anyone who wants to enroll in just 2 or 3 minutes, and they only charge a fee if they successfully reduce your property taxes.