After months of speculation and struggle, Lehman Brothers has finally gone under. The company’s frenzied weekend scramble to find a buyer was unsuccessful so Lehman Brothers has been forced to file bankruptcy with $613 billion worth of debts.

Lehman smothers 

Further coverage:

• Bloomberg Worldwide: Lehman Files Biggest Bankruptcy Case as Suitors Balk
• CNN: “The Meltdown”
• The Guardian: Q&A on Lehman Brothers
• The Wall Street Journal: Lehman Files for Bankruptcy
• The India Times: Lehman brothers Bankruptcy to Change the Face of Banking