 
 <prompt> Wetin fit suggest say na plenti plenti companies fail by 2008? Based on di last question, write one 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 home 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 to dem sell am quick quick to JP Morgan Chase. Di financial institution crisis reach im peak for September and October 2008. Several major institutions either fail, dem acquire dem under pressure, or government takeover dem. 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 largest 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 blame "crisis of confidence" for di markets wey lead to di downfall of im firm. 