Bear Stearns Purhcase

At Bear, Jimmy Cayne's Apology Met With Silence

New York Times | Posted 06.07.2008 | Business


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...

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...

Shell-Shocked Bear Stearns Employees Turn To Psychologists

ABC News | Russell Goldman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Facing the loss of their life savings and very possibly their jobs, employees at investment bank Bear Stearns are turning to trained professionals -- ...

John McCain And The Economy: Candidate Must Find Way To Separate From Bush

Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Excerpted from the LA Times: Though McCain, Clinton and Obama have talked often about taxes and spending cuts, discussing the tools available to the...

US, Global Markets: What's Next?

The Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


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

What Bear Stearns' Meltdown Means To You

ABC News | ALICE GOMSTYN | Posted 03.28.2008 | 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...

Bear Sterns Is Worth Less Than Your Sister's White-Trash Husband

236.com | 23/6: News You Can Misuse | Posted 03.28.2008 | 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 ...

Investors Fear Financial Crisis Will Keep Spreading

NY Times | LANDON THOMAS Jr. | Posted 03.28.2008 | 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...

Senator Reid Slams Bush's Handling Of The Economy

New York Times | STEVEN LEE MYERS | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


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

Obama, Clinton Cite Economic Distress

AP | TOM RAUM | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


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

Angry Bear Stearns Investors Eye Legal Claims

Reuters | Martha Graybow | Posted 03.28.2008 | 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...

Stocks Widely Mixed on Bear Stearns News

AP | MADLEN READ | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


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

Bear Stearns Stockholders Socked

Mortgage News Daily | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


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...

Is Lehman Next?

CNN/Money | Colin Barr | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


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...

Global, US Market Updates

Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


UPDATED 7:20pm EST: New York Times: Dow Ends Flat After Day Of Gyrations A day that loomed darkly on Wall Street ended with only a modest decline i...

Brokerage Stocks May Drop 50 Percent, Says Oppenheimer Analyst

Times | Catherine Boyle | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


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

BEAR STEARNS FORCED TO SELL FOR $2 PER SHARE

Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


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...

JPMorgan Buys Ailing Bear Stearns At Bargain Basement Price

New York Times | ANDREW ROSS SORKIN and LANDON THOMAS Jr. | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


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...