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1. Bear markets set stage for risk assets upturn
World stocks' deep plunge into bear market territory is causing investors to seek short-term refuge in a defensive bunker, but a broad tumble in risky assets sets an almost perfect stage for a strong recovery later.
28 Jul 2008
2. FTSE ends Thursday in bear market
The FTSE 100 share index fell into a bear market on Thursday. By the end of the day the index had fallen 2.2 per cent by 122.8 points to 5,406.8.
10 Jul 2008
3. You've got the credit crunch, now buy the Bear
It turns out that some memorabilia linked to failed U.S. investment bank Bear Stearns is worth more on eBay these days than rival JPMorgan Chase & Co actually paid for the shares.
23 Jun 2008
4. Ex-Bear Stearns managers charged with fraud
Two former hedge fund managers at investment bank Bear Stearns defrauded investors by concealing problems that led to the $1.4 billion (710 million pound) collapse of funds linked to subprime lending, a federal indictment unsealed on Thursday charged.
19 Jun 2008
5. JPMorgan completes Bear takeover
JPMorgan Chase & Co said on Saturday it completed its $1.4 billion (707 million pounds) Bear Stearns Cos takeover, capping the demise of a Wall Street firm that survived the Depression and numerous slumps in its 85 years but could not navigate the mortgage crisis.
31 May 2008
6. Fed approves JP Morgan purchase of Bear Stearns bank
The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday formally gave its approval to JP Morgan Chase to purchase a banking unit of Bear Stearns.
31 Mar 2008
7. JPMorgan said in talks to raise Bear bid
JPMorgan Chase & Co was in talks to quintuple its offer to buy Bear Stearns to $10 per share in an effort to pacify angry Bear shareholders, The New York Times said on Monday.
17 Mar 2008
8. Best hope for Bear investors: more money from JPM
Bear Stearns Cos shareholders like tycoon Joseph Lewis are hoping that another suitor will emerge to challenge JPMorgan Chase & Co, but their best hope may be prying a few extra dollars from JPMorgan itself, analysts said.
17 Mar 2008
9. JPMorgan to buy Bear as Fed opens lending to Wall St
JPMorgan Chase & Co set a deal to buy stricken rival Bear Stearns for a rock-bottom price, while the U.S. Federal Reserve expanded lending to securities firms for the first time since the Great Depression to prop up the financial system.
17 Mar 2008
10. UK traders told stop dealing with Bear
Financial market traders across London have been told by their firms to stop dealing with Bear Stearns, while dealers in New York scaled back their transactions with the ailing investment bank, sources in several dealing rooms said on Friday.
15 Mar 2008
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