The meeting goal was to find a private solution in rescuing Lehman and extinguish the flame of the global financial crisis.[18] Lehman reported that it had been in talks with Bank of America and Barclays for the company's possible sale.[17] The New York Times reported on September 14, 2008, that Barclays had ended its bid to purchase all or part of Lehman and a deal to rescue the bank from liquidation collapsed.[19] It emerged subsequently that a deal had been vetoed by the Bank of England and the UK's Financial Services Authority.[20] Leaders of major Wall Street banks continued to meet late that day to prevent the bank's rapid failure.[19] Bank of America's rumored involvement also appeared to end as federal regulators resisted its request for government involvement in Lehman's sale.[19] By Sunday, September 14, 2008, after the Barclays deal fell through, the news of impending doom swept through Lehman, and many employees arrived at the headquarters to clean out their offices.