Lehman Brothers faces serious trouble in raising capital – another Bush Bernanke bail out?
Joe Weinman
Jun. 3, 2008

The word in the street is that Lehman Brothers is having serious trouble in raising money. They are Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., is set to report its first quarterly loss since going public. The analysts and Wall Street executives estimate it is likely to be $3 billion to $5 billion.

Lehman would probably announce the capital raising in conjunction with its quarterly results, due the week of June 16. The amount of new capital under consideration suggests Lehman lost huge and may be in serious financial trouble.

Some analysts disagree. They say with a little help from Bernanke, Lehman will be fine for now.

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