With Buyout of Merrill, Bankruptcy for Lehman, Wall Street Plays “Let’s Make a Deal”
September 16, 2008 at 09:57 AM EDT
In one of its wildest and weirdest stretches ever, Wall Street entered a weekend awaiting a government bailout of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (LEH) and exited with Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. (MER) agreeing to sell itself to Bank of America…