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Lehman Net Income Declines 57% Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. said profit fell 57 percent, less than analysts estimated, a day after the fourth-largest U.S. securities firm lost 19 percent of market value following the fire sale of Bear Stearns Cos. First-quarter net income declined to $489 million, or 81 cents a share, from $1.15 billion, or $1.96, a year earlier, the New York-based firm said in statement today. Lehman rose 14 percent in early trading after profit beat the 72-cent average estimate of 16 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg.