Lehman Brothers was last night scrambling to shore up confidence in the Wall Street bank after investors gave a comprehensive thumbs-down to its survival plans.
Shares in Lehman, which had already halved in value this week, plunged a further 40 per cent in New York by mid-afternoon amid mounting uncertainty about the bank's ability to continue as an independent entity.
Lehman executives, led by chairman and chief executive Dick Fuld, are making renewed efforts to find a buyer or an investor in order to shore up confidence, bankers said.
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