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Bail or re-sell after the bums are kicked out?

…being crafted in Washington, you will. Bear Stearns, one of the longstanding giants of Wall Street investment banking, is now on life support, the victim of its own excessive greed…

‘Party on’ irony

Bear Stearns’ nightmare this week. Veteran repurchase agreement traders told Fortune.com that a major European bank last week refused to accept Bear Stearns as a counterparty to a large swap…

Worth a read…buy a leash and muzzle

Tanta at CRtakes a different tack on BS and Stampf at Wells Fargo: Yves at naked capitalism had a good post yesterday on the infamous Bear Stearns Ten Buck Rechuck,…

Old Vet looks ahead for more action

Bear Stearns. Wait a minute, Bear Stearns? One and the same. The financial derivatives world is held together by three critical assumptions: 1. Always available liquidity (meaning plenty of cash…

Has it begun?

The NYT reports on the Fed, Bears Stearns valuation, and interventions. The Fed, working closely with bank regulators and the Treasury Department, raced to complete the deal Sunday night in…