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Bear-JP Morgan: Do You Really Want Government Dictating Takeout Prices?

Silicon Alley Insider | Henry Blodget | Posted 04.02.2008 | Business

Read More: Fed, Hank Paulson, Bear Stearns Shares, Wall Street, Henry Paulson, Federal Reserve, Main Street, Bear Stearns, Ben Bernanke, Jpmorgan, Bear Stears Bailout, Bear Stearns JP Morgan, Bear Stears Collapse, Business News

Read between the lines of the Bear Stearns-JP Morgan story and it seems clear that the parties who insisted on the original $2 deal price were not JP ...

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Taxpayers Assume Burden As Bear Gets Bailed Out

ABC News | SCOTT MAYEROWITZ | Posted 04.02.2008 | Business

Read More: Bear Stearns Shares, Wall Street, Bear Stears Collapse, Main Street, Federal Reserve, Bear Stearns, Ben Bernanke, Jpmorgan, Bear Stears Bailout, Business News

Wall Street investors couldn't applaud enough last week when the Federal Reserve rode in and rescued investment bank Bear Stearns from bankruptcy. Bu...

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BlackRock Profits At Bear's Expense

New York Post | ZACHERY KOUWE | Posted 04.02.2008 | Business

Read More: Larry Fink, Fixed-Income Portfolios, Lawrence Fink, Blackrock, Fixed Income, Federal Reserve, Bear Stearns, Portfolio Management, JPMorgan Takeover Bid, Jpmorgan, Business News

BlackRock boss Larry Fink may want to thank the Federal Reserve for handing him a fistful of new business yesterday. As part of JPMorgan's sweetened ...

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Dethroned Bear Stearns CEO Needs Armed Bodyguard

New York Post | PAUL THARP and ZACHERY KOUWE | Posted 04.01.2008 | Business

Read More: JP Morgan Chase, Christopher Cox, Jimmy Cayne Bodyguard, Bear Stearns, Jimmy Cayne, Bear Stearns CEO, James Cayne Bodyguard, Jpmorgan, James Cayne, Business News

From today's New York Post: Anger has reverberated all week throughout the gloomy Madison Avenue offices, where dethroned chief Jimmy Cayne has walke...

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JPMorgan Raises Bear Purchase Price

AP | JOE BEL BRUNO | Posted 04.01.2008 | Business

Read More: Treasury Department, JPMorgan Chase, U.S. Economy, Subprimes, Bear Stearns Shares, Bear Stearns Bailout, Bear Stearns Stockholders, Federal Reserve, Recession, Bear Stearns, Jpmorgan, Business News

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...

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JPMorgan In Secret Talks To Quintuple Bid For Bear Stearns

New York Times | ANDREW ROSS SORKIN | Posted 03.31.2008 | Business

Read More: JP Morgan, Bear Stearns, Bear Stearns Collapse, Jpmorgan, Bear Stearns JPMorgan, Business News

JPMorgan Chase was in talks on Sunday night for a deal that would quintuple its offer for Bear Stearns, the beleaguered investment bank, in an effort ...

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Barron's: Bear Stearns Could Get Higher JPMorgan Bid

Reuters | Posted 03.31.2008 | Business

Read More: Bear Stearns, Bear Stearns Bailout, Barrons, Jrpmorgan Chase, Jpmorgan, Business News

Bear Stearns Cos (BSC.N: Quote, Profile, Research) could fetch a higher takeover bid from JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N: Quote, Profile, Research), and a...

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Bear Stearns Employees Meet The New Boss

New York Times | Landon Thomas Jr. and Eric Dash | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: JPMorgan Chase, Bear Stearns, Jamie Dimon, James Dimon, Bear Stearns Bailout, Wall Street, Jpmorgan, Bear Stearns Buyout, Business News

James Dimon tramped through the rain on Wednesday evening and strode into the headquarters of Bear Stearns, the embattled investment bank he hopes to ...

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Visa's $17.9 Billion IPO Breaks Records

Reuters | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Sec, Visa, Visa IPO, Jpmorgan, Visa Largest IPO, Largest Ever IPO, Business News

Visa Inc, the world's largest credit card network, on Tuesday raised $17.9 billion in an initial public offering, the largest-ever U.S. IPO. San Fran...

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Ask The Ben Bernanke 8-Ball!

236.com | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Jpmorgan, Investment Banks, Interest Rate, Finance, Interest Rate Cut, Wall Street, Nasdaq, Stock Market, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Federal Reserve, U.S. Interest Rate, Ben Bernanke, Fed Rate Cut, Stocks, 236.Com, Business News

Economic meltdown looms, and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is doing what he does best: lowering interest rates. At least, that's what financia...

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Fed Cuts Interest Rate By 3/4 Point

Reuters | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Investment Banks, Federal Reserve, Finance, Wall Street, Nasdaq, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Stock Market, Stocks, Interest Rate, Interest Rate Cut, U.S. Interest Rate, Ben Bernanke, Fed Rate Cut, Jpmorgan, Business News

The Federal Reserve slashed a key U.S. interest rate by three-quarters of a percentage point Tuesday, a substantial cut but smaller than many in finan...

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Fed and Rival Bail Out Bear Stearns

AP | STEPHEN BERNARD and JOE BEL BRUNO | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: JP Morgan Chase, U.S. Economy, Bear Stearns, Bear Stearns Bailout, Stock Market, Jpmorgan, Business News

NEW YORK — On the verge of a collapse that could have shaken the very foundations of the U.S. financial system, investment bank Bear Stearns Cos...

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UBS Whopped By Fire Sale Talk

MarketWatch | Steve Goldstein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Pimco, Alt-a Security, Allianz, Jpmorgan, Ubs, Business News

UBS may have sold a portfolio of Alt-A securities worth 25 billion Swiss francs ($24.1 billion), according to an analyst at J.P. Morgan. UBS was "hig...

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Blair Gets Closer To Predicted 40 Million Pound Salary

Daily Mail | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Investment Banks, Tony Blair Salary, Jpmorgan, Tony Blair, Zurich, Business News

Tony Blair was a step closer to his predicted £40million a year salary today after being signed up by a second financial firm. The former prime mini...

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Subprime Loans Sink JP Morgan's Fourth Quarter

AP | Madlen Read | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: JP Morgan Chase Losses, Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, Fourth-Quarter Earnings, Jamie Dimon, Subprime Mortgages, Jpmorgan, Business News

JPMorgan Chase & Co. said Wednesday its fourth-quarter profit fell 34 percent after its exposure to subprime mortgages -- though much smaller than at ...

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Wall Street Eyes Earnings Data This Week

AP | Madlen Read | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Wall Street, Inflation, Earnings Data, Jpmorgan, Business News

This week's flood of readings on inflation, retail sales and earnings is just what a data-hungry Wall Street has been anxious for. But it could be a ...

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Tony Blair To Join JPMorgan

Reuters | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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Former British prime minister Tony Blair is expected on Thursday to join U.S. bank JPMorgan Chase & Co Inc (JPM.N) as a senior adviser, according to a...

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