The other 20 percent is held by a subsidiary of Lehman Brothers Holdings.

Lehman Brothers Holdings said earnings increased 168 percent, to $324 million.

Lehman Brothers Holdings, the investment banking company, laid off 500 employees, or about 4 percent of the staff, people close to the company said yesterday.

UFJ and Lehman Brothers Holdings are among those considering the request.

Lehman Brothers Holdings is the latest investment bank to simplify its stock rating system.

Lehman Brothers Holdings, which had been based downtown, paid about $750 million for Morgan Stanley's new building and moved there last month.

Lehman Brothers Holdings, the fourth-largest brokerage firm, said earnings rose 168 percent from a year earlier, to $324 million, or $2.12 a share.

One partner is Lehman Brothers Holdings, an affiliate of the investment house.

Last week, Lehman Brothers Holdings took an $80 million charge against its earnings, before taxes, for the fourth quarter of its 2002 fiscal year.

Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., a global financial-services firm that started out as a drygoods store in 1850, faced imminent bankruptcy.

The other 20 percent is held by a subsidiary of Lehman Brothers Holdings.

Lehman Brothers Holdings said earnings increased 168 percent, to $324 million.

Lehman Brothers Holdings, the investment banking company, laid off 500 employees, or about 4 percent of the staff, people close to the company said yesterday.

UFJ and Lehman Brothers Holdings are among those considering the request.

Lehman Brothers Holdings is the latest investment bank to simplify its stock rating system.

Lehman Brothers Holdings, which had been based downtown, paid about $750 million for Morgan Stanley's new building and moved there last month.

Lehman Brothers Holdings, the fourth-largest brokerage firm, said earnings rose 168 percent from a year earlier, to $324 million, or $2.12 a share.

One partner is Lehman Brothers Holdings, an affiliate of the investment house.

Last week, Lehman Brothers Holdings took an $80 million charge against its earnings, before taxes, for the fourth quarter of its 2002 fiscal year.

Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., a global financial-services firm that started out as a drygoods store in 1850, faced imminent bankruptcy.