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Fixed-income derivatives rankings - Interest rate derivatives: The ... - Euromon..
Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Fixed-income derivatives rankings - Interest rate derivatives: The ... Euromoney Magazine, UK - 24 minutes ago But in March 2008, after the Bear Stearns rescue, the market became much more challenging. Trading conditions in rates have become increasingly illiquid, ... .. read more..

Read his lips: Don't bank on bailouts, Bernanke warns - Globe and Mail
Tuesday, August 26, 2008

CTV.ca Read his lips: Don't bank on bailouts, Bernanke warns Globe and Mail, Canada - 5 hours ago For Bear Stearns , $30-billion (US). Perhaps as much as $100-billion for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Tens of billions of dollars in discounted short-term ... Text of Bernanke speech Marke.. .. read more..

Lotterman: Feds, don't help Fannie, Freddie stockholders - IdahoStatesman.co..
Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Washington Post Lotterman: Feds, don't help Fannie, Freddie stockholders IdahoStatesman.com, ID - 2 hours ago That was violated in the Bear Stearns takeover, when the Federal Reserve handed over wads of cash in return for some $30 billion in securities of very ... Fannie, Freddie: Att.. .. read more..

Summer Story Lines Have Legs - New York Times
Tuesday, August 26, 2008

HispanicBusiness.com Summer Story Lines Have Legs New York Times, United States - 5 hours ago It’s hard to believe that the Fed would let one of its own fail the way Bear Stearns did. Another member of club Fed, James Dimon, JPMorgan Chase’s chief ... Lehman far from collapse, but fac.. .. read more..

Auto Makers & Washington: So Who Isn’t Too Big to Fail? - Wall Street Journal ..
Monday, August 25, 2008

Auto Makers & Washington: So Who Isn’t Too Big to Fail? Wall Street Journal Blogs, NY - 10 hours ago As Bear Stearns was collapsing in March, executives there wondered if threatening a bankruptcy filing would save the securities firm from its creditors. ... .. read more..

Libor Signals Credit Seizing as Banks Balk at Lending (Update2) - Bloomberg
Monday, August 25, 2008

Libor Signals Credit Seizing as Banks Balk at Lending (Update2) Bloomberg - 2 hours ago Banks began to hoard their cash when rising defaults on subprime mortgages led two Bear Stearns hedge funds to seek bankruptcy protection on July 31, 2007, ... Banks becoming hesitant to lend on belief cred.. .. read more..

Will Actively Managed Bonds Work? - IndexUniverse.com
Monday, August 25, 2008

Will Actively Managed Bonds Work? IndexUniverse.com, NY - 2 hours ago In fact, the first actively managed ETF to launch was actually a bond fund, the Bear Stearns Current Yield Fund (AMEX: YYY), which launched on March 25. ... Boom in ETFs seems to have ended InvestmentNews all 4 news art.. .. read more..

Five minutes to midnight for banks - CBC.ca
Monday, August 25, 2008

CBC.ca Five minutes to midnight for banks CBC.ca, Canada - 2 minutes ago March: JP Morgan Chase & Co. buys Bear Stearns Companies Inc. in a huge deal brokered by Washington. The buyout of Bear Stearns in March hurt recovery ... .. read more..

Leaving Bear Stearns - DealBreaker.Com
Monday, August 25, 2008

Leaving Bear Stearns DealBreaker.Com, NY - 23 hours ago The very first story we came across got our attention: it was about Bear Stearns . Kathy Enders worked at Bear before the merger with JP Morgan Chase. ... .. read more..

Metropolitan Diary - New York Times
Monday, August 25, 2008

Metropolitan Diary New York Times, United States - Aug 24, 2008 During these tough economic times, I was one of the many who did not survive the Bear Stearns merger with JPMorgan Chase. Packing up my office belongings ... .. read more..

Libor Signals Tighter Credit as Banks Balk at Lending (Update1) - Bloomberg
Monday, August 25, 2008

Libor Signals Tighter Credit as Banks Balk at Lending (Update1) Bloomberg - 11 hours ago Banks began to hoard their cash when rising defaults on subprime mortgages led two Bear Stearns hedge funds to seek bankruptcy protection on July 31, 2007, ... .. read more..

Markets need more regulation, Fed told - USA Today
Monday, August 25, 2008

Mirror.co.uk Markets need more regulation, Fed told USA Today - 2 hours ago The Fed has cut a key interest rate to 2% from 5.25% to bolster the economy, made a $30 billion loan to aid the sale of investment bank Bear Stearns to ... Ex-BOE Official Slams Fed, Sparking Hottest Jackson Hole Debat.. .. read more..

A takeover bid for Lehman Brothers? - Khaleej Times
Sunday, August 24, 2008

A takeover bid for Lehman Brothers? Khaleej Times, United Arab Emirates - 2 hours ago Could Lehman share the fate of Bear Stearns ? Lehman shares trades below 0.5 times tangible book value. There are rumours of hostile takeover bids and even ... .. read more..

Mortgage Crisis Roughs Up IndyMac - WNBC
Sunday, August 24, 2008

Mortgage Crisis Roughs Up IndyMac WNBC, NY - 1 hour ago And Bear Stearns reported that its two hedge funds that held subprime mortgage debt were virtually worthless. The bad news for IndyMac: The subprime crisis ... .. read more..

PhillyDeals: Fed Reserve can't always control financial policy - Philadelphi..
Sunday, August 24, 2008

The Gazette (Montreal) PhillyDeals: Fed Reserve can't always control financial policy Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - 8 hours ago Kanjorksi figured: If the Fed could take special steps to keep Bear Stearns & Co. and its damaged home-loan bonds from blowing up all over Wall Street, ... Tex.. .. read more..

Wall Street bailout aid questioned at Fed event - The Associated Press
Saturday, August 23, 2008

The Associated Press Wall Street bailout aid questioned at Fed event The Associated Press - 22 minutes ago A possible bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, on the heels of similar action involving investment firm Bear Stearns , seems to send a loud signal to ... .. read more..

Lehman far from collapse, but faces tricky path - International Herald Tribune
Friday, August 22, 2008

CNNMoney.com Lehman far from collapse, but faces tricky path International Herald Tribune, France - 18 hours ago That's what happened when JPMorgan Chase & Co. bought Bear Stearns in March. But, there are some big differences between the situations faced by Bear ... For Investment Ban.. .. read more..

TRANSCRIPT PART SIX: Three Hours With Warren Buffett - Live From Omaha - CNBC
Friday, August 22, 2008

CNBC TRANSCRIPT PART SIX: Three Hours With Warren Buffett - Live From Omaha CNBC, Englewood Cliffs - 11 hours ago BUFFETT: I mean, they weren't--they weren't worried about Bear Stearns , they were worried about the consequences of Bear Stearns toppling and then the ... .. read more..

Bernanke Says US Inflation Should Slow Into 2009 (Update3) - Bloomberg
Friday, August 22, 2008

KIDK Bernanke Says US Inflation Should Slow Into 2009 (Update3) Bloomberg - Aug 22, 2008 In his speech to the Kansas City Fed Bank's two-day conference on financial stability, Bernanke again defended the Fed's role in keeping Bear Stearns Cos. ... Wall Street bailout aid questioned at .. .. read more..

Fannie, Freddie: Attention Must Be Paid - Wall Street Journal Blogs
Friday, August 22, 2008

St. Louis Post-Dispatch Fannie, Freddie: Attention Must Be Paid Wall Street Journal Blogs, NY - Aug 22, 2008 Often, the initial market reaction to an 11th-hour rescue is one of relief — the market rallied after the Bear Stearns purchase in March — but it doesn’t ... Too big to fail?.. .. read more..

Text of Bernanke speech - MarketWatch
Friday, August 22, 2008

CTV.ca Text of Bernanke speech MarketWatch - 13 hours ago As you know, in March the Federal Reserve acted to prevent the default of the investment bank Bear Stearns . For reasons that I will discuss shortly, ... Bernanke Says US Inflation Should Slow Into 2009 (Update4) Bloomberg Forex Forecas.. .. read more..

HEARD ON THE STREET - Wall Street Journal
Friday, August 22, 2008

Wall Street Journal HEARD ON THE STREET Wall Street Journal - 4 hours ago The cost of insuring Lehman's debt against default has climbed back to the levels seen before the collapse of Bear Stearns . ... Lehman fights on as rumours mount over sale Euro Week Is Now a Good Time for Lehman to .. .. read more..

From Bear Stearns to Bava Metzia - New Jersey Jewish Standard
Friday, August 22, 2008

From Bear Stearns to Bava Metzia New Jersey Jewish Standard, NJ - 6 hours ago By Andrew Neff | Published Today | Opinion | In the months since the 86-year-old financial giant Bear Stearns disappeared in the midst of a financial crisis ... .. read more..

Lehman CDS Could Rally on Takeover Speculation - Hedgeworld (subscription)
Thursday, August 21, 2008

Lehman CDS Could Rally on Takeover Speculation Hedgeworld (subscription), NY - 7 hours ago Lehman's credit default swaps would move to the acquirer's level similar to what happened with Bear Stearns and Countrywide spreads after they were taken ... .. read more..

Total Discount Window Borrowings Wed $18.56 Bln - FXstreet.com The Foreign Excha..
Thursday, August 21, 2008

Total Discount Window Borrowings Wed $18.56 Bln FXstreet.com The Foreign Exchange Market, Spain - 9 hours ago ... again remained unchanged at zero Wednesday as did average daily borrowing from that window, created in the wake of the Bear Stearns collapse in March. ... Banks' direct bo.. .. read more..

 

 

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