 
 <prompt> Wetin dey show say companies dey compete for money? Based on di previous question, write a context wey contain di answer. E fit be 1 - 20 sentences. Context: <response>: Initially, di companies wey dey affected na those wey dey directly involved for house construction and mortgage lending like Northern Rock and Countrywide Financial, as dem no fit get financing through di credit markets again. Over 100 mortgage lenders go bankrupt during 2007 and 2008. Concerns say investment bank Bear Stearns go collapse for March 2008 result for dem to sell am quick quick to JP Morgan Chase. Di financial institution crisis reach im peak for September and October 2008. Several big institutions either fail, dem acquire dem under pressure, or dem dey subject to government takeover. Dem include Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Washington Mutual, Wachovia, Citigroup, and AIG. On Oct. 6, 2008, three weeks after Lehman Brothers file di biggest bankruptcy for U.S. history, Lehman's former CEO find himself before Representative Henry A. Waxman, di California Democrat wey chair di House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Fuld talk say he na victim of di collapse, he dey blame "crisis of confidence" for di markets wey cause im firm to fail. 