Tuesday 9/16 ... Breaking News On Barclay's and Lehman

CEO of Barclay's tells Lehman employees "you have a partner"

Barclay's in uncomfirmed reports is buying Lehman's investment bank and capital markets group for 2 billion dollars. This is strangely familiar to the story that Financial Times broke earlier today, but apparently this was an interaction that just occurred between Bob Diamond and Lehman employees.