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Bear Stearns Investors Drop Bid to Block Buyout: By Martha Graybow NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bear Stearns Cos Inc (BSC) shareholders suing over the planned JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) takeover are dropping efforts to block the deal but will seek damages of at least $2.8 billion, an attorney for the...; Tags: Financial accounting, Bear Stearns & Co. Inc., J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., preliminary injunction, shareholder, attorney, New York Stock Exchange, lawsuit, New York, investor, lawyer, Balanced Scorecard, Thomson Reuters Corp., pension fund, stock, litigation, strategy; News items 2008-05-07
Bear Stearns Sending Redundancy Letters, Say Staff: LONDON (Reuters) - Bear Stearns Cos Inc staff have started receiving letters telling them whether they will keep their jobs, as JPMorgan Chase & Co works through a takeover of its rival U.S. bank. One Bear employee who works in the emerging markets...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Bear Stearns & Co. Inc., J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., London, bank, job, Thomson Reuters Corp., merger, team, e-mail; News items 2008-04-30
Staff Say Bear Stearns Sending Redundancy Letters: LONDON (Reuters UK) - Bear Stearns Cos (BSC) staff have started receiving letters telling them whether they will keep their jobs, as JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM) works through a takeover of its rival U.S. bank. One Bear employee who works in the emerging markets ...; Tags: Bank, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Bear Stearns & Co. Inc., Financial Services, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, xxBear Stearns Co.xx; News items 2008-04-30
JPMorgan Sees Bear Clients Returning, Job Cuts: NEW YORK (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM), which is buying Bear Stearns Cos (BSC), expects to regain business from Bear clients who stopped doing business with the troubled investment bank, JPMorgan's co-chief executive of investment banking said on Wednesday....; Tags: Financial services, Investment, Workforce management, Mergers & Acquisitions, Bear Stearns & Co. Inc., J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., investment banking, downsizing, merger, bank, New York, capital market, Thomson Reuters Corp., Webcast, asset; News items 2008-05-07
Bear Stearns Says New Suit Seeks to Block Merger: NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bear Stearns Cos Inc (BSC) disclosed on Thursday that some shareholders want a federal judge to block the troubled investment bank's impending takeover by JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM). According to a filing with the Securities and Exchange ...; Tags: Financial accounting, Bear Stearns & Co. Inc., J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., shareholder, federal judge, merger, Balanced Scorecard, New York, Thomson Reuters Corp., bank; News items 2008-05-08

Buffett Backs Fed Over Bear Stearns: OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters UK) - Warren Buffett on Saturday said the U.S. Federal Reserve was correct in deciding to bail out Bear Stearns (BSC), the Wall Street investment bank that faced imminent bankruptcy before agreeing in March to be acquired by JPMorgan Chase & Co...; Tags: Bank, Federal Reserve Board, Bear Stearns & Co. Inc., Warren Buffett, Investment Bank, Financial Services, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., xxBear Stearns Co.xx; News items 2008-05-03
Buffett Says Fed Right to Bail Out Bear Stearns: OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters) - Warren Buffett on Saturday said the U.S. Federal Reserve was correct in deciding to bail out Bear Stearns Cos (BSC), the Wall Street investment bank that faced imminent bankruptcy before agreeing in March to be acquired by...; Tags: Litigation, Financial services, Bear Stearns & Co. Inc., Warren Buffett, Omaha, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Nebraska, Federal Reserve Board, bankruptcy, bank, DNA, Thomson Reuters Corp., insurance, asset; News items 2008-05-03
Bear Stearns Profit Falls 79 Percent: NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bear Stearns (BSC) said on Monday profit fell 79 percent in its fiscal first quarter, ahead of a liquidity crisis that led to the investment bank's purchase by JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM). Net income for the quarter ended...; Tags: Financial services, Bear Stearns & Co. Inc., Warren Buffett, Salomon Brothers, chief investment officer, Bank of America Corp., Wachovia Corp., investor, investment, bank, spokesman, valuation, New York, hedge fund, Thomson Reuters Corp., asset, stock, environment; News items 2008-04-15
Buffett Doesn't See CDS Market Collapsing: OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters) - Warren Buffett said on Saturday he does not expect the credit default swap market to collapse, and possibly throw financial markets worldwide into chaos. Speaking at the annual meeting of his Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRKa) (BRKb) insurance and investment...; Tags: Financial accounting, Warren Buffett, Bear Stearns & Co. Inc., Nebraska, Omaha, financial market, investor, financial, Thomson Reuters Corp., insurance; News items 2008-05-03
Risks Mount For Stressed Traders as Markets Gyrate: By Michael Taylor LONDON (Reuters) - Increased volatility grips stock markets, big investment banks tot up losses from a credit market seizure and jobs are slashed -- being a trader has seldom been more stressful. Since a stock market bull run came to...; Tags: Investment, suicide, trader, anxiety, London, stock market, worker, stock, volatility, bank, equity, job, financial, Thomson Reuters Corp., bankruptcy, wall, finance, window, team, environment; News items 2008-05-05
Risks Mount For Stressed Traders as Markets Gyrate: By Michael Taylor LONDON (Reuters UK) - Increased volatility grips stock markets, big investment banks tot up losses from a credit market seizure and jobs are slashed -- being a trader has seldom been more stressful. Since a stock market bull run came to a grinding...; Tags: Bank, Trader, Financial, Bear Stearns & Co. Inc., Suicide, Survey, Financial Accounting, London; News items 2008-05-04
Ex-Fed Official Criticizes Bear Stearns Rescue: Report: NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former top Federal Reserve official has said that the Fed's bailout of Bear Stearns Cos (BSC) will come to be viewed as the "worst policy mistake in a generation," the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. Vincent Reinhart,...; Tags: Asset management, Federal Reserve Board, Bear Stearns & Co. Inc., asset, New York, financing, bankruptcy, inflation, Thomson Reuters Corp., bank; News items 2008-04-29
SEC Refuses to Say Why Bear Enquiry Dropped: Report: NEW YORK (Reuters) - Regulatory officials turned down a congressional request to reveal why they aborted an inquiry into whether Bear Stearns Cos (BSC) improperly valued complex debt securities, hurting investors in the process, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday....; Tags: Bear Stearns & Co. Inc., SEC, commission, investor, New York, Thomson Reuters Corp., bankruptcy; News items 2008-04-23
Buffett Backs Fed Over Bear Stearns: By Jonathan Stempel OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters UK) - Warren Buffett said on Saturday said the U.S. Federal Reserve avoided financial market "chaos" in coordinating the March bailout of Bear Stearns Cos (BSC), which faced imminent bankruptcy before agreeing to be acquired by JPMorgan Chase &...; Tags: Federal Reserve Board, Bear Stearns & Co. Inc., Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Warren Buffett, Insurance, Coca-Cola Co., J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., xxBear Stearns Co.xx; News items 2008-05-03
Bear Stearns CEO May Remain as JPMorgan Rainmaker: By Joseph A. Giannone NEW YORK (Reuters UK) - Bear Stearns Cos (BSC) Chief Executive Alan Schwartz, forced to sell the hobbled investment bank to JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM) in his eleventh week on the job, has been invited to stay on as a senior...; Tags: Bank, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Bear Stearns & Co. Inc., Financial Services, Oukbs, Schwartz; News items 2008-04-14
Buffett Says Fed Avoided Chaos in Bear Bailout: By Jonathan Stempel OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters) - Warren Buffett said on Saturday said the U.S. Federal Reserve avoided financial market "chaos" in coordinating the March bailout of Bear Stearns Cos (BSC), which faced imminent bankruptcy before agreeing to be acquired by...; Tags: Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Omaha, Nebraska, annual meeting, Qwest Communications Inc., Mr., shareholder, job, Thomson Reuters Corp., stock, CEO, partnership; News items 2008-05-03
JPMorgan Net Falls 50 Percent: By Jonathan Stempel and Joseph A. Giannone NEW YORK (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM), said on Wednesday quarterly profit fell 50 percent, but the third-largest U.S. bank was able to skirt the massive losses that have crippled many rivals, and its...; Tags: Mortgages, Financial services, mortgage, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., bank, bond, LBO, receivables, asset, New York, Thomson Reuters Corp.; News items 2008-04-16
Countrywide, Bear Stearns: Failures in Governance: Countrywide, Bear Stearns: Failures in GovernanceRE: Countrywide, Bear Stearns: Failures in GovernanceSeems what's missing is accountabilty.CKunbelievable!I am absolutely disgusted with government bailouts due to bad management, and in some cases, possibly criminal actions, by corporate officers and business leaders!Yes, NOT having the bail out will be hard for some people,...; Tags: Bear Stearns & Co. Inc., Countrywide, payment; Discussion threads 2008-03-26
JPM + Bear = A Big Deal with Few Winners: You get the sense that regulators were working all weekend long alongside hundreds of workers at JPMorgan and Bear Stearns to hammer out what by any standards is a historic takeover. The idea was to contain the equivalent of a toxic spill in world financial markets. So why doesn't anyone...; Tags: Asset management, Litigation, Financial services, Kevin Kelleher, Foreign Investors, Bear Stearns & Co. Inc., Lehman Brothers Inc., J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.; Blog posts 2008-03-18
Countrywide, Bear Stearns: Failures in Governance: We've now seen two financial firms fail in the subprime mortgage mess--Countrywide Financial and Bear Stearns. What do they share in common? Spectacularly bad corporate governance. There's been a long-running debate among shareholder activists and corporate leaders whether "good governance" equals "good business," or merely consists of...; Tags: Mortgages, Corporate governance, Financial accounting, William J. Holstein, Bear Stearns & Co. Inc.; Blog posts 2008-03-25