Lehman bankruptcy filing wiped out billions

Seeded on Mon Dec 29, 2008 1:02 PM EST (msnbc.com)

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc's emergency bankruptcy filing wiped out as much as $75 billion of potential value for creditors, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.

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