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The last Dow record: My, how things have changed

Back then, Bear Stearns still existed.

Hedge fund execs charged in alleged $311M swindle

An indictment filed Thursday says K1 hedge fund group founder Helmut Kiener partnered with a North Carolina man to swindle Barclays Bank, Bear Stearns and BNP Paribas out of $311 billion.

Ben Bernanke suggests fraud in Libor interest rate

Barclays did so to avoid financial markets perceiving it as weak after the collapse of U.S. investment bank Bear Stearns, of which the Bush administration orchestrated a fire sale to JPMorgan...

S&P lawsuit: Emails suggest concern about ratings

"--- The lawsuit says S&P considered tightening its criteria for rating some investments, then balked after banks like Bear Stearns protested.

Mortgage settlement will send billions to struggling homeowners

Many servicers were first set up by Wall Street banks, such as Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers, that disappeared or collapsed during the U.S. financial crisis in 2008.

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Privacy breaches at Bloomberg News

Secrecy and the ability to cover one's tracks is paramount," said Michael J. Driscoll, a former...

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Timothy Geithner Is Key To IRS Scandal « naked capitalism

Over the next four days after his confirmation, the legendary Bear Stearns Brokerage firm...

Dealbreaker: Wall Street Insider

Because when Bear Stearns fails, it sees its failure as an opportunity-to fail yet again.

an aide has already been dispatched to find the optimal room in which to hotbox...

James Cayne and Alan Schwartz, who served as chief executive officers at Bear Stearns before the...

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Robert Samuelson: The jury's out on whether Dodd-Frank will save capitalism

It's been five years since the onset of the financial crisis -- the rescue of Bear Stearns in...

Judge limits Assured Guaranty claims against JPMorgan

The lawsuit, filed in New York state court last year, alleged that Bear Stearns and its EMC...

TEXT-Fitch cuts five classes of BSCMST 2005

March 1 - Fitch Ratings downgrades five classes, removing one from Rating Watch Negative, and...