MF Global

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“Never forget MF Global”: a magic incantation of similar effect but, these days, less persuasive effect than “Prithee, sir, never forget! How Lehman brothers suffered! And the woe it brought upon us all!”

All successors to the original: “Well you know what happened last time someone tried to make financial reporting into a profit centre.”

See also

• Nosferatu
• Lehman
• Chicken licken