Lehman Brothers Holdings (nyse: LEH - news - people ) -- or acquire the firm outright -- faded after South Korea's financial regulator said on Monday that the state-owned bank should be cautious over any investment in the brokerage house.

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Hopes that the Korea Development Bank would provide a cash infusion to Lehman Brothers Holdings -- or acquire the firm outright -- faded after South Korea's financial regulator said on Monday that the state-owned bank should be cautious over any investment in the brokerage house.

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Paul Rowland of the Jakarta office of the National Democratic Institute, an American think-tank, says that Indonesians are disappointed with Mr Yudhoyono's over-cautious style but believe him to be an honest man who is trying his best.

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