Hedge Funds Poach Talent From Weakened Investment Banks Like Bear Stearns
Hedge funds are on a hiring binge, taking advantage of cutbacks at investment banks. Star traders, senior executives and whole teams have been recruit...
Hedge funds are on a hiring binge, taking advantage of cutbacks at investment banks. Star traders, senior executives and whole teams have been recruit...
The New York Times | LOUISE STORY | Posted 06.16.2008 | Business
Only a year ago, Wall Street reveled in an era of superlatives: record deals, record profit, record pay. But a mere 12 months later, nearly half of th...
AP | Posted 05.12.2008 | Business
NEW YORK — JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s chief executive said Monday that while the crisis in the credit markets appears to be three-quarters over, he ...
Financial Times | By Francesco Guerrera and Ben White | Posted 04.16.2008 | Business
JPMorgan Chase remains on the acquisition trail in spite of its recent takeover of Bear Stearns and tough market conditions, Jamie Dimon, chairman and...
Michealene Cristini Risley | Posted 04.08.2008 | Living
It is easy to see the villainous face of someone who steals your identity for their own gain, but what about these "trillion" dollar credit card companies that take your money without your consent?
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.
AP | JOE BEL BRUNO | Posted 03.24.2008 | Business
NEW YORK — JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s higher offer for Bear Stearns on Monday gave the investment bank control of nearly 40 percent of its ailing ri...
AP | JOE BEL BRUNO | Posted 03.24.2008 | Business
NEW YORK — JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s higher offer for Bear Stearns on Monday gave the investment bank control of nearly 40 percent of its ailing ri...
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 -- ...
Posted 03.18.2008 | 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...
Posted 03.18.2008 | Business
Now that the U.S. government has stepped in to help JPMorgan broker a bailout of Bear Stearns and offer last-minute credit to failing Wall Street firm...
Steven G. Brant | Posted 03.18.2008 | Business
Maybe when Wall Street falls back to Earth, it will be different kind of Earth -- a more humane and compassionate one -- than the one it was on before.
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...
John Tepper Marlin | Posted 03.17.2008 | Business
The Brady bonds worked in the '90s. Could they work again today to restore liquidity and make unnecessary further direct interventions by the Fed?
AP | MADLEN READ | Posted 03.17.2008 | Business
NEW YORK — Wall Street ended a temperamental session widely mixed Monday after investors grappled with JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s government-backed ...
Mortgage News Daily | Posted 03.17.2008 | 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...
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DealBook | Posted 07.08.2008 | Business