Joseph Lewis

Select Investors Win Big On Bear's Downfall

Wall Street Journal | GREGORY ZUCKERMAN, JENNY STRASBURG and TOM MCGINTY | Posted 05.25.2011

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The collapse of Bear Stearns Cos. dealt a severe blow to investors, from big names like billionaire Joseph Lewis to thousands of employees of the brok...

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Bear's Biggest Losers

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

Read More: Bear Stearns Investors, Bear Stearns Bailout, Investment Banks, James Barrow, Joseph Lewis, Bear Stearns, Bear Stearns Collapse, James Cayne, Business News

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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Good Luck, Joseph Lewis

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 05.25.2011

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Good Luck to you, Joseph Lewis. It looks like you've got the will, the spunk and the resources to fight the inevitable hand of fate. And who knows? You may succeed. One of us losers has to get lucky some time, I guess.

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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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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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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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