James Cayne

The Wisdom Jimmy Cayne - A Career In Lowlights

Huffington Post | Nathaniel Cahners Hindman and Ryan McCarthy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Former Bear Stearns CEO Jimmy Cayne is scheduled to testify before the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission today, and his testimony is sure to be mem...

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Lehman, Bear Stearns Execs Cashed In As Their Firms Failed: Study

Huffington Post | Ryan McCarthy | Posted 05.25.2011

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If you thought that the executives at Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns paid dearly in when their firms famously imploded last year, think again. A ne...

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"Too Big to Fail" Vs. "Too Big to Be Responsible"

Ryan Mack | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ryan Mack

I believe in the free market economy, but once an entity becomes "too big to fail" it introduces the possibility that government intervention is a justifiable remedy.

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Dick Grasso's Grit May Prevail, Help Him Keep $185 Million Payday

New York Times | Landon Thomas | Posted 05.25.2011

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Call it the curse of Dick Grasso. Eliot Spitzer in 2004, pointing out what he said was evidence that Richard A. Grasso had received excessive compens...

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At Bear, Jimmy Cayne's Apology Met With Silence

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mr. Cayne, on his second to last day as chairman of Bear, presided over the meeting at the firm's auditorium, which was filled with more than 400 empl...

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Fight! Bear Stearn's Elder Statesmen In FingerPointing Feud

New York Times | Landon Thomas, Jr | Posted 05.25.2011

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After 59 years, Alan C. Greenberg is still trading away at Bear Stearns, the troubled Wall Street bank that is about to disappear. Ask about his retir...

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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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Dethroned Bear Stearns CEO Needs Armed Bodyguard

New York Post | PAUL THARP and ZACHERY KOUWE | Posted 05.25.2011

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From today's New York Post: Anger has reverberated all week throughout the gloomy Madison Avenue offices, where dethroned chief Jimmy Cayne has walke...

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Bear's Biggest Losers

Wall Street Journal | CASSELL BRYAN-LOW, KATE KELLY | Posted 05.25.2011

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British billionaire Joseph Lewis made his fortune gambling on currencies. His recent investment in Bear Stearns Cos. has turned out to be a disastrous...

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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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Can Schwartz Stop Bear Stearns' Stock Death Spiral?

BusinessWeek Via Yahoo | Ben Levisohn | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joseph Lewis' big bet on Bear Stearns is looking like a big mistake. Since the billionaire investor came on board last September, upping his stake thr...

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Cayne To Step Down As Bear Stearns CEO

CNBC | Charles Gasparino | Posted 05.25.2011

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James Cayne has resigned as chief executive officer of Bear Stearns, amid widespread concern over his management of the Wall Street firm that has been...

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No Bonuses For Bear Stearns' Top Execs This Year

Wall Street Journal | Kate Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

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In an acknowledgment of the most-difficult period in Bear Stearns Cos.' 84-year history, Chief Executive Officer James Cayne and other senior executiv...

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