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Bear Stearns: Break Down

Portfolio.com's coverage of the downfall of Bear Stearns.
Bear Stearns

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. agrees to buy a hemorrhaging Bear Stearns for a rock-bottom price. What does this mean for battered U.S. stocks?

Bear Stearns
How lawyers put a complex deal together, very quickly. … Read Story



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On a day that's "as bad as it can get," employees at Bear Stearns share the timbre of their grief … Read Story


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What can you buy for $2? Besides Bear Stearns, of course. View Slideshow



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Lehman Brothers and Goldman Sachs inject hope into the credit crunch that crushed Bear Stearns. … Read Story



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Parsing through Bear's $236 million price tag. … Read Story


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Investors nervous as markets fall in Europe and Asia. … Read Story



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Investors react to the sudden devaluation of Wall Street. … Read Story


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J.P. Morgan agrees to buy Bear Stearns, but only for $2 a share. Feds agree to take on risky assets. … Read Story


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A guide to understanding the current crisis. … Read Story



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J.P. Morgan and New York Fed provide financing … Read Story

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Capital: Last summer, I took some guff for saying that Bear Stearns leader James Cayne should go. Warren Spector may have been the pointman on the mess, but Cayne, as leader, should go--the buck stops here, and all that … Read Blog



Bear Stearns
The big investment banks, loaded with dangerous amounts of debt, are facing their own version of a subprime slump. Can they all survive? … Read Story

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