Bear Stearns and Jpmorgan Chase

Forget The Squid. Meet The Whale.

The Huffington Post | Mark Gongloff | Posted 04.13.2012

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Never mind the Squid. Keep your eye on the Whale. JPMorgan, that is, which is not nearly as vilified as Goldman Sachs, but is bigger and potentiall...

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Young Americans: In Rejecting Jamie Dimon, Syracuse Students Speak for the Nation

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.25.2011

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The students at Syracuse University are absolutely right: Dimon's a poor role model. We should be proud that they don't want life guidance from someone who has made a career of plundering the economy in the pursuit of non-productive wealth.

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JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon Takes On Washington

Huffington Post | Grace Kiser | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JPMorgan, has decided that battling financial regulation is now one of his prime responsibilities. That, at least, is the pict...

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Fed's Bear Stearns Assets It Swallowed in Firm's Rescue

bloomberg.com | Craig Torres, Bob Ivry and Scott Lanman | Posted 05.25.2011

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April 1 (Bloomberg) -- After months of litigation and political scrutiny, the Federal Reserve yesterday ended a policy of secrecy over its Bear Stearn...

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Bear Stearns Bailout Exposes Fed To Billions In Losses

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Federal Reserve has seen paper losses on real estate assets it acquired when it helped JPMorgan Chase & Co buy Bear Stearns, the Financial Times r...

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Jamie Dimon, Head of JPMorgan Chase: "Everyone Should Be Allowed To Fail"

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

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The head of the country's second-biggest bank, considered by many to be "too big to fail," said Tuesday that no firm should be immune from failure. ...

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Ben Bernanke: Socialist

Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted 05.25.2011

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Poor lending standards have led to the collapse of communities and harder times for cities, beyond Bear Stearns. Shouldn't they be getting some help too?

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$4 Gasoline at the Aspen Ideas Festival

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gas Prices, Price of Gasoline, Aspen Ideas Festival, Jamie Dimon, JP Morgan Chase, Bear Stearns and JPMorgan Chase, JP Morgan, Gas, Charlie Rose, Oil Prices, Oil, Bear Stearns, Business News

In an interview with Charlie Rose, JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, in his engaging way, asked his audience a seemingly innocuous question: "Who among you is upset with $4 plus gasoline?"

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Bear Stearns Bankers Getting Paid To Literally Do Nothing

NY Mag | Arianne Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Don't feel too sorry for the soon-to-be-laid-off employees at Bear Stearns: Right now they're getting paid to do nothing. "I'd say 50 percent of my de...

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Bear Stearns' Cayne Sells Once-$1 Billion Stake For $61 Million

AP | JOE BEL BRUNO | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Bear Stearns Cos. Chairman James Cayne dumped his entire stake in the embattled investment bank for $61 million as it appears closer ...

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In Week Of Iraq War Anniversary, Obama's Race Speech Dominated Media Coverage

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 05.25.2011

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Last week was a big one for news: On Monday, the markets opened to news that Bear Stearns had collapsed and was being bought out by JP Morgan; on Tues...

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US, Global Markets: What's Next?

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Think Progress: White House Defends Bailout Of Wall Street Instead Of Main Street During today's news briefing, reporters questioned White House Pres...

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Is Lehman Next?

CNN/Money | Colin Barr | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lehman Brothers (LEH) may be in for a long day. Shares of the brokerage firm slid 15% in early trading after the firm said it's got enough cash to kee...

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JPMorgan Buys Ailing Bear Stearns At Bargain Basement Price

New York Times | ANDREW ROSS SORKIN and LANDON THOMAS Jr. | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bear Stearns, facing collapse because of the mortgage crisis, agreed Sunday evening to be bought by JPMorgan Chase for a bargain-basement price of les...

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Billionaire Lewis Warns He May Try To Stop Bear Stearns Deal

New York Times | Andrew Ross Sorkin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bear Stearns shareholders are understandably furious about the investment bank's sale to JPMorgan Chase for about $2 a share. Now one of the largest o...

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Investors Fear Financial Crisis Will Keep Spreading

NY Times | LANDON THOMAS Jr. | Posted 05.25.2011

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The cash squeeze that brought Bear Stearns to its knees is fanning fears that other investment banks might be vulnerable to the crisis of confidence g...

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Stocks Widely Mixed on Bear Stearns News

AP | MADLEN READ | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Wall Street ended a temperamental session widely mixed Monday after investors grappled with JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s government-backed ...

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Brokerage Stocks May Drop 50 Percent, Says Oppenheimer Analyst

Times | Catherine Boyle | Posted 05.25.2011

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Meredith Whitney, the Wall Street analyst who received death threats after writing a negative report about Citigroup, has predicted that financial sto...

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What Bear Stearns' Meltdown Means To You

ABC News | ALICE GOMSTYN | Posted 05.25.2011

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Think the Bear Stearns meltdown isn't affecting you? You might want to check your investments before you answer. Large mutual funds commonly found in...

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Obama, Clinton Cite Economic Distress

AP | TOM RAUM | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Democratic congressional leaders urged President Bush on Monday to do more to address the housing woes at the root of the spreading...

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Billionaire Lewis Loses $1.16B On Bear Stakes

Bloomberg | Katherine Burton and Sree Vidya Bhaktavatsalam | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joseph Lewis, the billionaire investor who bought 9.4 percent of Bear Stearns Cos. last year, lost $1.16 billion on his stake after JPMorgan Chase & C...

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Bear Stearns Fat Cats Elicit Little Sympathy

ABC News | Russell Goldman | Posted 05.25.2011

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As investment bank Bear Stearns collapsed, and was sold to JPMorgan Chase for a scant $240 million, its chairman James Cayne played bridge at a tourna...

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Senator Reid Slams Bush's Handling Of The Economy

New York Times | STEVEN LEE MYERS | Posted 05.25.2011

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As President Bush welcomed the Federal Reserve's sweeping intervention in the financial markets, his administration faced accusations Monday that it s...

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Bear Stearns Stockholders Socked

Mortgage News Daily | Posted 05.25.2011

The news wasn't surprising but the price tag was a real stunner. On Sunday J.P. Morgan chase agreed to pay $2 per share to acquire failing Wall Stree...

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BEAR STEARNS FORCED TO SELL FOR $2 PER SHARE

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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UPDATED 3/17 AT 8am The AP Reports that global markets are tumbling today on the news that Bear Stearns is being bailed out by JP Morgan Chase: Glo...

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