Bear Stearns was once a leading Wall Street investment bank, but its heavy exposure to risky mortgage-backed securities led to a rapid collapse during the 2008 financial crisis. As confidence vanished ...

The SEC hit Bear Stearns with a $250 million penalty for securities fraud for facilitating market-timing and late trading for certain institutional customers to the detriment of others. “For years, ...

Defunct global investment bank Bear Stearns has come out on top of a lawsuit filed against it challenging its 2007 decision to auction off mortgage-backed securities from a bankrupt lender. Defunct ...

Bear Stearns's James E. Cayne handed over the chief executive role to his handpicked successor, staying on as chairman as the securities firm tries to recover from the collapse of the subprime ...

U.S. stocks plunged yesterday, the third day of volatile trading this week, as investors sold off financial shares on news that the Wall Street investment bank Bear Stearns was teetering on collapse ...

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Justin’s not the only one hitting the book-party circuit. Last night I went to a shindig for Kate Kelly’s new book, Street Fighters: The Last 72 Hours of Bear Stearns, the Toughtest Firm on Wall ...

Note to execs: It’s safe to hit “Send” again. On Nov. 10, a jury found a pair of former Bear Stearns hedge-fund managers not guilty of securities fraud. At the center of the case was an e-mail that ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Bear Stearns mortgage portfolio backed by the U.S. government racked up $2.7 billion of losses in the third quarter, amounting to a 9 percent decline on about $30 billion of ...

Bear Stearns Emails Show Its Financing Breaking Away In the summer of 2007 Bear liquidated two hedge funds, setting in motion a loss of confidence that ultimately decimated the firm. By William D.

Here is what we know about the sexual predator whose secrets spurred an international reckoning over money, power and complicity. Check back for updates. By The New York Times Copies of Jeffrey ...