Lehman deal on private equity close: source
(Reuters)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20090109/2009_01_08t210105_450x266_us_lehman_privateequity.jpg?x=130&y=76&q=85&sig=OsMFKMfyUZfCf3SfTMNpHg--" align="left" height="76" width="130" alt="The Lehman Brothers booth on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange, September 16, 2008. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090109/bs_nm/us_lehman_privateequity)Reuters - Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc has reached an agreement in principle to sell its merchant banking business, made up of two private equity funds, to management of the funds, a source familiar with the situation said on Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
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