Alan Schwartz

Bill Cosby's "Bar Mitzvah" in Cleveland

Joel Brokaw | Posted 06.29.2009 | Living


Joel Brokaw

I told Mr.Cosby I needed to attend the Bar Mitzvah of my best friend's son. "That's quite fitting that you'll be doing that at the same time as I'm speaking," he told me with a heartfelt intensity. "Because I'm going to Cleveland for the very same purpose."

Alan Schwartz, Bear Stearns' CEO, May Be Headed To Goldman Sachs

Fortune | William D. Cohan | Posted 05.28.2009 | Business


NEW YORK (Fortune) -- One of the few remaining mysteries from the fall of Bear Stearns is where's Alan Schwartz? Schwartz, as you may remember, was th...

Possible Jail For Financial Execs

Portfolio | Posted 05.22.2009 | Business


We asked a group of eight former prosecutors and other legal experts (some of whom asked to remain anonymous) about which of the meltdown's disgraced ...

Crying Fire! Did CNBC Kill Bear Stearns?

Yvette Kantrow | Posted 07.15.2008 | Media


Yvette Kantrow

Bryan Burrough in the August Vanity Fair develops his case against CNBC Inc., taking the network to task for failing to separate rumors about Bear's liquidity from fact.

Good News? What A Surprise!

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 04.22.2008 | Business


<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

Wasn't everybody pretty surprised by this stagflationary recesso-depression? The banks! The lenders! The real estate brokers! Everybody, I guess, but the financial media that's paid to scare people.

Bear Stearns CEO Blames Media For Company's Collapse

Muckraked! | Posted 04.12.2008 | Business


From Muckraked! When it comes to assigning blame for his firm's collapse, Alan Schwartz, the president and CEO of Bear Stearns, borrows a page from C...

Did Bear Stearns CEO Alan Schwartz Lie on CNBC?

Silicon Alley Insider | Henry Blodget | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


One thing is certain about the collapse of Bear Stearns (BSC): It will generate hundreds of millions--if not billions--of legal fees. Some of the fees...

Bear Stearns Fat Cats Elicit Little Sympathy

ABC News | Russell Goldman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


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...

Live-Blogging the Bear Stearns Conference Call

Wall Street Journal | David Gaffen | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Executives at Bear Stearns are addressing the news of the firm's need for capital, provided by the Federal Reserve through J.P. Morgan Chase. Shares h...

Can Schwartz Stop Bear Stearns' Stock Death Spiral?

BusinessWeek Via Yahoo | Ben Levisohn | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


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...

Cayne To Step Down As Bear Stearns CEO

CNBC | Charles Gasparino | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


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...