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Citic's Close Call with Bear Stearns March 19, 2008

Citic Securities confirmed yesterday that it would not proceed with its investment in Bear Stearns, allowing it to scrap a deal to buy shares at $120 apiece in a bank ...

Bear Stearns' Bad Bet October 11, 2007

Ralph R. Cioffi seemed as cool and confident as ever. The market for subprime mortgages was crumbling, but the 51-year-old manager of two Bear Stearns (BSC) hedge ...

Bear Stearns' Big Bailout March 14, 2008

Bear Stearns (BSC) is clawing to stay alive, with many on Wall Street now betting the storied investment bank may not survive the weekend as an independent shop. ...

Probe of Insider Trading at Bear Stearns December 17, 2007

The investigation by securities regulators and federal prosecutors into this summer's collapse of two Bear Stearns (BSC) hedge funds that invested in risky securities ...

Bear Stearns and Wall Street's House of Cards March 05, 2009

House of Cards:A Tale of Hubris andWretched Excess on Wall StreetBy William D. CohanDoubleday; 468 pp.; $27.95 The March 2008 implosion of Bear Stearns abruptly ...

Bear Stearns' Collateral Damage July 11, 2007

The implosion of a hedge fund often sheds some unwanted attention on the wealthy investors who chose to sink money into the venture. That's certainly the case with an ...

Bear Stearns: Behind S&P's Negative Call August 03, 2007

On Aug. 3, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said it revised its outlook on Bear Stearns (BSC) to negative from stable. Standard & Poor's also said that it affirmed ...

Bear Stearns' Hunt for Big Cash June 13, 2007

Wall Street bond traders are raising eyebrows at Bear Stearns' (BSC) attempt to sell some $3.86 billion in mortgage-backed bonds—just as the big investment firm ...

Did Bear Stearns Soft-Pedal the Risks? September 13, 2007

How inflated did the market for subprime mortgages become during the recent bubble? Take a look at two Bear, Stearns & Co. (BSC) hedge funds that blew up in July. ...

The Story of Bear Stearns' Final, Tragic Days May 14, 2009

Street Fighters:The Last 72 Hours of Bear Stearns,the Toughest Firm on Wall StreetBy Kate KellyPortfolio; 247 pp.; $25.95 What did the investment bankers at Bear ...

Bear Stearns Rescinds Job Offers April 03, 2008

The phone calls they've been dreading began coming in yesterday. Business school students with job offers from Bear Stearns (BSC) started to hear that their summer ...

Statement from JPMorgan and Bear Stearns March 24, 2008

JPMorgan Chase and Bear Stearns Announce Amended Merger Agreement and Agreement for JPMorgan Chase to Purchase 39.5% of Bear Stearns JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) and The...

Bear Stearns' Massive Fourth-Quarter Loss December 20, 2007

By the Associated Press Bear Stearns (BSC), the No. 5 U.S. investment bank, said Thursday a bigger-than-expected writedown in its mortgage portfolio caused the first ...

Aftershocks at Bear Stearns March 27, 2008

In a week it was all gone: Bear Stearns' (BSC) reputation, culture, identity; the savings of many of its 14,000 employees; and possibly their jobs, too. "The speed of ...

Bear Stearns to the Rescue—Sort Of June 22, 2007

Bear Stearns (BSC) says it has a plan for rescuing its two hedge funds that are drowning in a sea of risky bonds backed by subprime mortgages. But the Wall Street ...