Original article by Mike Whitney, subtitled Lehman Gone; Merrill Lynch Swallowed Up; AIG Going… Who’s Next for Madam Defarge?, via counterpunch.com:
Bank of America is buying Merrill Lynch for $45 billion, AIG needs an emergency $40 billion bail-out from Uncle Sam to stay afloat, and Lehman Bros is kaput. Whew! The financial world has been turned upside-down overnight. It’ll be a rough day of trading ahead.”