"… crisis-related cases. The highest profile case to go to trial involved two Bear Stearns hedge fund managers, who had had exchanged emails that suggested they thou …"

"… fort” about investment banks’ capital cushions. Just three days later, Bear Stearns collapsed and was bought by JP Morgan Chase in a hastily arranged deal bac …"

"… hastily arranged deal backed by $29 billion in taxpayer funds. The sale of Bear Stearns, one of the first rumbles in the financial earthquake, was presaged by a 2 …"

"… t. Since then, investment firms’ debt-to-assets ratios have risen — in Bear Stearns’ case, to as high as 33 to 1. Simultaneously in 2004, the SEC began outs …"

"… hing cushion against investment losses, the SEC did nothing in the case of Bear Stearns to address the bank’s issues of heightened risk. As an SEC inspector gen …"

"… ast year, and former NATO Secretary General George Robertson.In September, Bear Stearns Merchant Banking, the private equity arm of investment banking and securit …"

"… anking, the private equity arm of investment banking and securities trader Bear Stearns, entered into an alliance with GlobeSecNine, a little-known private equity …"

"… ty group headquartered just a few miles from the Pentagon in Arlington, Va.Bear Stearns Merchant Banking, which manages $1.5 billion, has earmarked $300 million t …"

"… f GlobeSecNine's advisory board.In announcing their deal, GlobeSecNine and Bear Stearns Merchant Banking drew attention to another partnership the latter had form …"

"… id executives behind bars for their role in the mayhem at Lehman Brothers, Bear Stearns, AIG, or Fannie Mae.The New York Times’ White Collar Watch suggests one …"

"… es, the GAO said. “Questions about the government’s decision to assist Bear Stearns and AIG, but not Lehman Brothers, continued months after the decisions wer …"

"… ortgage Corp., another program participant. EMC was a former subsidiary of Bear Stearns, the first major U.S. investment bank to falter last year. JPMorgan picked …"

"… investment bank to falter last year. JPMorgan picked up EMC when it bought Bear Stearns (with government help) last year. Including the EMC total, JPMorgan could …"

"… 9. EMC Mortgage Corp., Lewisville, Texas — $707.4 millionEMC was part of Bear Stearns, which J.P. Morgan bought with assistance from the Federal Reserve Bank of …"

"… Federal Reserve Bank of New York last year. Prior to the purchase in 2008, Bear Stearns agreed to pay $28 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges of un …"

"… York Times' report card has just 3 criminal cases involving executives at Bear Stearns, Credit Suisse, and Taylor Bean & Whitaker, and 11 civil cases on it. …"

"… edge funds. Encore Credit Corp. (No. 17), for example, was a subsidiary of Bear Stearns, and BNC Mortgage Inc. was part of Lehman Brothers (No. 11).The lending to …"

"… 5 billion. Also among the top underwriters: Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, Bear Stearns, and Goldman Sachs.When New Century filed for bankruptcy, it listed Goldma …"

"… it had lines of credit totaling $14.1 billion from those five banks, plus Bear Stearns, Credit Suisse First Boston, Deutsche Bank, and IXIS Real Estate Capital, …"

"… ent bank. The lender sold billions of dollars in loans to Lehman Brothers, Bear Stearns, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and Merrill Lynch. Some of its other financial s …"

"… he real estate crash was followed — inevitably — by the banking crash. Bear Stearns was the first U.S. bank to fall. In March of 2008, JPMorgan Chase & Co …"

"… ARP program.In addition to the $29 billion committed to smooth the sale of Bear Stearns by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the government has guaranteed aga …"

"… also not very good. The agency lost a high-profile case against two former Bear Stearns executives in 2009, and in February dropped a two-year investigation of fo …"