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US PLANS $500B RESCUE - National Post
Friday, September 19,
2008
Washington Post US PLANS $500B RESCUE National Post, Canada - 4 hours ago
Besides rescuing Bear Stearns and AIG, the US government also has rushed
in with financial aid to bail out mortgage behemoths Fannie Mae and
Freddie Mac, ... Banks, Wall Street firms borrow more from Fed The Associa..
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Bear Stearns settles complaint over unauthorized mortgage fees -
Chicago Daily H..
Friday, September 19,
2008
Bear Stearns settles complaint over unauthorized mortgage fees Chicago
Daily Herald, IL - 5 hours ago Once the fifth-largest investment bank on
Wall Street, Bear Stearns was a major funding source for subprime and
exotic mortgages - payment-option plans that ... ..
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Behind the Fed Moves, and What's Next - Wall Street Journal
Friday, September 19,
2008
Behind the Fed Moves, and What's Next Wall Street Journal - 6 hours ago
Here is a rundown of what happened, what it means, and what could come
next: Sunday, it expanded lending programs, created during the Bear
Stearns collapse ... A New Role for the Fed: Investor of Last Resort New
York T.. ..
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Do you support your tax dollars bailing out AIG, Bear Stearns ... -
WDEF News 12
Thursday, September 18,
2008
WDEF News 12 Do you support your tax dollars bailing out AIG, Bear Stearns
... WDEF News 12, TN - 2 hours ago I'm more concerned about the lack of
regulation that allowed these institutions to get so far in the hole. I'm
not sure how it affects me! ... ..
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Should Fed Be More Aggressive on Offense? - Wall Street Journal Blogs
Thursday, September 18,
2008
Wall Street Journal Blogs Should Fed Be More Aggressive on Offense? Wall
Street Journal Blogs, NY - 6 hours ago The options are there, but they
could make the Bear Stearns bailout look libertarian. How many more
bullets does Bernanke have in his gun? ... Why Did the Feds Bail Out AIG
but .. ..
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"Bear Trap" insider secrets - Nantucket Independent
Thursday, September 18,
2008
Wall Street Journal "Bear Trap" insider secrets Nantucket Independent,
USA - 10 hours ago Bear Stearns was in its 85th year and positioned as the
country's fifth largest investment bank when the subprime mortgage crisis
was at a peak. ... Video: Ike Threatens Wall of Water Toward Hou.. ..
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The Return of “Lemon” Socialism - Beyond Chron
Thursday, September 18,
2008
Beyond Chron The Return of “Lemon” Socialism Beyond Chron, CA - 1 hour
ago When Bear Stearns teetered on the brink of survival earlier this year,
financial experts were almost unanimous in promoting US government
intervention. ... ..
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Dazed and Confused - Philadelphia Inquirer
Thursday, September 18,
2008
Washington Post Dazed and Confused Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - 17 hours
ago It came under the equivalent of a bank run, much like the
circumstances that prompted the Fed's intervention with investment bank
the Bear Stearns Cos. ... Video: Government Bails Out AIG With $85 Billion
Loan.. ..
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Australian Banks Reluctance to Lend Nears Bear Stearns Highs -
Bloomberg
Thursday, September 18,
2008
Australian Banks Reluctance to Lend Nears Bear Stearns Highs Bloomberg -
44 minutes ago 18 (Bloomberg) -- Australian banks are less willing to lend
to each other than at any time since Bear Stearns Cos. collapsed six
months ago, money market ... ..
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`Dr. Doom,' Montag Profit as Greenberg, Fuld Lose $7 Billion -
Bloomberg
Thursday, September 18,
2008
Albany Times Union `Dr. Doom,' Montag Profit as Greenberg, Fuld Lose $7
Billion Bloomberg - 1 hour ago The list may also include ousted managers
like ex- Bear Stearns Cos. President Warren Spector, who sold $382 million
in stock before resigning in 2007. ... Wall Street model crumbles Econ..
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Figuring Out How to Clean Up After a Category 4 Financial Crisis -
Washington Po..
Thursday, September 18,
2008
AFP Figuring Out How to Clean Up After a Category 4 Financial Crisis
Washington Post, United States - 21 hours ago Having pumped $100 billion
into the banking system, and lent another $115 billion to rescue Bear
Stearns and AIG, the Federal Reserve was forced to ask the ... Fed Lends
Reco.. ..
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AIG bailout raises questions; here are some answers - Kansas City
Star
Wednesday, September
17, 2008
AIG bailout raises questions; here are some answers Kansas City Star, MO -
7 hours ago It came under the equivalent of a bank run very quickly, much
like the circumstances that prompted the Fed's intervention with
investment bank Bear Stearns ... ..
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The Failure of Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers and AIG: Is Another ...
- Associate..
Wednesday, September
17, 2008
Wall Street Journal The Failure of Bear Stearns , Lehman Brothers and AIG:
Is Another ... Associated Content, CO - 20 hours ago By Anne Stjern,
published Sep 17, 2008 The Bear Stearns bailout, the government takeover
of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy, ... Video..
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AV Rajwade: Masters of the universe - Business Standard
Wednesday, September
17, 2008
Ninemsn AV Rajwade: Masters of the universe Business Standard, India - 14
hours ago The aggregate mark-to-market losses for banks are around $500
billion, leading to the demise of Bear Stearns , the takeover of Freddie
and Fannie, ... Video: Stocks Fall Hard Amid New Wall Street Landscape..
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Money managers at Bear Stearns hoping brand retains some cachet -
Columbus Busin..
Wednesday, September
17, 2008
Money managers at Bear Stearns hoping brand retains some cachet Columbus
Business First, OH - 17 hours ago The Big Apple was home for the venerable
investment banking and brokerage firm, but the Bear Stearns network
extended far beyond the world’s financial ... ..
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Bailouts of AIG, Bear Stearns, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae and others ...
- MLive.co..
Wednesday, September
17, 2008
Wall Street Journal Bailouts of AIG, Bear Stearns , Freddie Mac, Fannie
Mae and others ... MLive.com, MI - 17 hours ago So far this year, the
federal government has put up nearly $30 billion to avert a major
financial default by the investment bank Bear Stearns ; committed to ... A
study .. ..
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Goldman Sachs hangs on by a thread - Times Online
Tuesday, September 16,
2008
The Gazette (Montreal) Goldman Sachs hangs on by a thread Times
Online, UK - 5 hours ago Its balance sheet is very liquid and largely free
of the toxic assets that brought down Lehman and Bear Stearns . The
extraordinary returns on capital that ... The personal is political
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Fed Keeps Key Interest Rate Unchanged - NPR
Tuesday, September 16,
2008
The Gazette (Montreal) Fed Keeps Key Interest Rate Unchanged NPR - 6 hours
ago The plan had been to arrange some sort of shotgun wedding like the one
they engineered for Bear Stearns earlier this year. In that case, the
government ... Shock waves Boston Globe Global finance still fragile
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Obama: Talk of massive mortage bailout is "premature" - Los Angeles
Times
Tuesday, September 16,
2008
New York Daily News Obama: Talk of massive mortage bailout is "premature"
Los Angeles Times, CA - 9 hours ago PETER COOK: Given the sell off on Wall
Street, given the intervention by the federal government just a few months
ago at Bear Stearns , do you think it would ... Video: Obama: US .. ..
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New Book Bear Trap, Detailing the Fall of Bear Stearns, Pre ... -
Earthtimes (pr..
Tuesday, September 16,
2008
Earthtimes (press release) New Book Bear Trap, Detailing the Fall of Bear
Stearns , Pre ... Earthtimes (press release), UK - 12 hours ago NEW YORK -
(Business Wire) It did not take long for the meltdown of the legendary
investment bank Bear Stearns to be canonized in full-fledged novel fo.. ..
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Bear Stearns Yesterday, Lehman Today, and Tomorrow???? - FOXBusiness
Tuesday, September 16,
2008
Radio Australia Bear Stearns Yesterday, Lehman Today, and Tomorrow????
FOXBusiness - Sep 15, 2008 By Liz Claman I’ve been up since 4am but can’t
go to sleep now. American International Group (AIG), the world’s largest
insurance agency, ... £48bn rescue plan for AIG, the giant they could..
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The Fall of Lehman and the Terrible Lessons of Bear Stearns - The
Market Oracle
Monday, September 15,
2008
Wall Street Journal The Fall of Lehman and the Terrible Lessons of Bear
Stearns The Market Oracle, UK - Sep 15, 2008 That day was supposed to
teach us humility, and the fall of Lehman, coming six months after the
collapse of Bear Stearns and coupled with Merrill Lynch's ... Video: Pau..
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Lehman's Fall A Sign Of Renewed Distaste For Bailouts - CNNMoney.com
Monday, September 15,
2008
New York Daily News Lehman's Fall A Sign Of Renewed Distaste For Bailouts
CNNMoney.com - Sep 15, 2008 Critics had argued that the government's March
rescue of Bear Stearns undercuts free markets. Former Federal Reserve Bank
of St. Louis President William ... So long, financial engineer.. ..
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UPDATE: Lehman Workers Seek Information On Pay, Job Status -
CNNMoney.com
Monday, September 15,
2008
BusinessWeek UPDATE: Lehman Workers Seek Information On Pay, Job Status
CNNMoney.com - Sep 15, 2008 The same types of phone calls flooded Bear
Stearns offices in the week prior to its 25th-hour rescue by JPMorgan
Chase & Co. (JPM). ... Dow nosedives after Lehman collapse, but effect in
Indiana.. ..
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The Terrible Lessons of Bear Stearns - RGE Monitor
Monday, September 15,
2008
Telegraph.co.uk The Terrible Lessons of Bear Stearns RGE Monitor, NY - Sep
15, 2008 Threaten your counter-parties: Bear Stearns had about 9 trillion
in its derivatives book, of which 40% was held by JPMorgan (JPM). ...
Lehman’s End, Bear Stearns Style? Housing Wire Lehman's Bad Deal.. ..
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