Lehman Brothers file for bankruptcy protection in New York
Concerned people write remarks around a portrait of Lehman Brothers CEO Dick Fuld which was outside the Lehman Brothers corporate offices in New York City after the company filed for bankruptcy on September 15, 2008 (UPI Photo/Ezio Petersen)
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