Matthew Tannin: Bear Stearns Former Manager Indicted In Mortgage Sweep
Below is some information on Matthew Tannin, one of the two former Bear Stearns executives indicted today in the FBI's "Operation Malicious Mortgage."...
Below is some information on Matthew Tannin, one of the two former Bear Stearns executives indicted today in the FBI's "Operation Malicious Mortgage."...
Brigitte Bradford | Posted 06.19.2008 | Business
Below is information on Ralph Cioffi, the former Bear Stearns manager, who was arrested on Thursday and charged with securities fraud and various cha...
AP | TOM HAYS | Posted 06.19.2008 | Business
Two former Bear Stearns managers have been arrested, federal authorities said Thursday, becoming the first executives to face criminal charges in the ...
Sen. Robert Menendez | Posted 04.02.2008 | Politics
A full year into the subprime mortgage crisis, the administration has done nothing but hit the snooze button as 20,000 Americans watch their dreams of homeownership go up in smoke every week.
Henry Blodget | Posted 04.02.2008 | Business
Once again, Goldman seems to have outsmarted the rest of Wall Street, spotting a problem before everyone else did.
Thomas Ferguson and Robert A. Johnson | Posted 03.27.2008 | Business
We have not seen the last bailout in this crisis. If the public is going to pay for them, as we think it must, it should also get paid back for them.
Jill Brooke | Posted 03.25.2008 | Business
JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon has called CEOs of investment banks saying that it would be "unpatriotic" to go after Bear Stearns employees until he has had first choice over who to keep and who to fire.
Henry Blodget | Posted 03.24.2008 | Business
Get ready for the Fed's next great taxpayer-funded bailout, which is now almost guaranteed: The $1+ Trillion U.S. Homeowner Rescue Plan.
Stephen H. Baum | Posted 03.21.2008 | Business
The root cause of the credit crisis is greed gone wild.
David McWilliams | Posted 03.20.2008 | Business
Bernanke -- like a good priest -- is responding to acts of contrition with the monetary equivalent of three "Hail Mary's and an Our Father." He is granting absolution all over the place.
New York Times | Landon Thomas Jr. and Eric Dash | Posted 03.20.2008 | Business
James Dimon tramped through the rain on Wednesday evening and strode into the headquarters of Bear Stearns, the embattled investment bank he hopes to ...
ABC News | Russell Goldman | Posted 03.19.2008 | 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...
ABC News | Russell Goldman | Posted 03.19.2008 | Business
Facing the loss of their life savings and very possibly their jobs, employees at investment bank Bear Stearns are turning to trained professionals -- ...
Reuters | Peter Apps | Posted 03.18.2008 | Home
Turmoil and uncertainty over some of Wall Street's best-known investment banks has left some facing rougher market conditions that price them as riski...
Cenk Uygur | Posted 03.18.2008 | Business
If the government is going to bail you out, then the government should be regulating you to make sure you're not going to need a bailout.
AP | MADLEN READ | Posted 03.18.2008 | Business
NEW YORK — Wall Street stormed higher Tuesday as investors, optimistic following stronger-than-expected earnings from two big investment banks, ...
Michael Shaw | Posted 03.18.2008 | Business
The Huffington Post | Posted 03.17.2008 | Business
Think Progress: White House Defends Bailout Of Wall Street Instead Of Main Street During today's news briefing, reporters questioned White House Pres...
Loretta Napoleoni | Posted 03.17.2008 | Business
The collapse of Carlyle Capital and the rescue of Bear Stearns signal the end of nearly two decades of easy money, cheap credit and soaring global debt.
ABC News | ALICE GOMSTYN | Posted 03.17.2008 | Business
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...
236.com | 23/6: News You Can Misuse | Posted 03.17.2008 | Home
JP Morgan Chase & Co has agreed to buy Bear Stearns (BSC) for the bargain price of two dollars per share. Just last April, BSC shares were selling at ...
NY Times | LANDON THOMAS Jr. | Posted 03.17.2008 | Business
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...
New York Times | STEVEN LEE MYERS | Posted 03.17.2008 | Politics
As President Bush welcomed the Federal Reserve's sweeping intervention in the financial markets, his administration faced accusations Monday that it s...
AP | TOM RAUM | Posted 03.17.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Democratic congressional leaders urged President Bush on Monday to do more to address the housing woes at the root of the spreading...
Reuters | Martha Graybow | Posted 03.17.2008 | Business
Angry Bear Stearns Co Inc shareholders have wasted no time in calling their lawyers to pursue potential legal recourse over the company's $2-a-share f...
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Brigitte Bradford | Posted 06.19.2008 | Business