Perhaps Bear Stearns--the smallest of the major investment banks, but among the most heavily exposed to the mortgage market--was the easiest target.

FORBES: What We Learned From Bear

Lehman Brothers, the smallest of the four remaining full-service investment banks, is still struggling to persuade the stockmarket, and its clients, that it has a future.

ECONOMIST: American finance

Lehman Brothers, the smallest of the four remaining full-service investment banks, is still struggling to persuade the stockmarket, and its clients, that it has a future on its own.

ECONOMIST: American finance

Britain 's deficit in the first quarter was its smallest since 1998, thanks to record investment income.

ECONOMIST: Overview

The smallest slice, 15%, comes from Goldman's birthright, investment banking.

FORBES: Sachs Appeal

Although the overall decline was only 0.6%, the smallest of any recent recession, it was unusual nonetheless because it was caused by a slowdown in fixed investment, not by a slump in house-building or consumption.

ECONOMIST: Jumping but jumpy | The