"The fourth-largest investment bank in the US, Lehman Brothers, says it will file for bankruptcy protection, amid a growing global financial crisis…."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7615931.stm
But no word associations, please. The situation IS dire. But money-persons jumping out of tall buildings after declaring bankruptcy is ancient history. And it is NOT the case that Lemmings run off high cliffs into the sea, in frenzies of mass suicide.