Was Lehman a BB?

All of the threads attempting to rank different banks in terms of prestige and the never-ending debate over whether or not DB is a BB, made me wonder how banks like Bear Sterns and Lehman were viewed back in the days before the financial crisis?

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Prior to 2008, Lehman was the fourth largest investment bank by fees with about 25,000 employees. It was definitely a solid BB.

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