Lehman Filed For Bankruptcy

Global financial markets were shaken on Monday with the news of US investment bank Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy protection, citing bank debt of $613 billion.

On September 15, 2008, Lehman filed for bankruptcy protection making it the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history. The next day, Barclays plc announced that they will acquire a portion of Lehman Brothers asset for $1.75 billion which includes the Lehman Brothers Times Square headquarters and the bulk of Lehman's trading and debt security operations, which now become part of Barclays Capital.

Lehman which was founded in as a dry goods store, transform itself as a commmodities trading company to a IPO underwriter and then with a merger with American Express in mid 80s and finally to a global investment firm had finally collapsed under the current credit crisis. Do rem Lehman Bro (1850-2008)