But just moving the assets off Lehman's balance sheet isn't cost free; Lehman must raise capital, possibly as much as $10 billion or more depending on how much the real-estate assets will be marked down from their original values. Moreover, people close to the deliberations between Lehman and possible new investors say many of the foreign banks have been squeezing the firm and its two top executives, CEO Dick Fuld and President Bart McDade, on price of buying a chunk on the company. The capital raising plan -- maybe the most ambitious in recent Lehman turbulent history -- comes amid growing doubts that Lehman can eventually compete with big Wall Street players without being sold to a bank with additional capital.