Bear Stearns

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The first big broker-dealer to go, sold to JPMorgan in March 2008 in the run-up to Lehman.

7 books · 3 people behind it

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  1. Street Fighters: The Last 72 Hours of Bear StearnsKate Kelly, 2009
  2. House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall StreetWilliam D. Cohan, 2009
  3. Too Big to FailAndrew Ross Sorkin, 2009

The people behind it 3

Each person holds a book in this entry or names it in their own tags.

Journalists 3

Andrew Ross Sorkin1 book here
WD
William D. Cohan1 book here
RL
Roger Lowensteinnamed in their tags

Books 7

House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretche
T1 House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street
William D. Cohan · 2009
Open Library
Mohnish Pabrai
Too Big to Fail
T1 Too Big to Fail
Andrew Ross Sorkin · 2009 · The forced sale to JPMorgan set inside the wider 2008 sequence.
Open Library
Mohnish PabraiBill GatesMax LevchinThe Rational Walk
In Fed We Trust
T2 In Fed We Trust
David Wessel · 2009 · The Fed side of the Bear rescue and its precedent; Open Library unreachable.
Open Library
Bill Gates
Street Fighters: The Last 72 Hours of Bear S
T2 Street Fighters: The Last 72 Hours of Bear Stearns
Kate Kelly · 2009
Open Library
Memos from the Chairman
T3 Memos from the Chairman
Alan C. Greenberg · 1996 · Greenberg's own memos; the cost culture Bear ran on before it broke.
Open Library
Mohnish PabraiJeff Bezos
The Rise and Fall of Bear Stearns
T3 The Rise and Fall of Bear Stearns
Alan C. Greenberg, Mark Singer · 2010 · Memoir by the firm's longtime chairman 'Ace' Greenberg.
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Bear Trap: The Fall of Bear Stearns and the
T4 Bear Trap: The Fall of Bear Stearns and the Panic of 2008
Bill Bamber, Andrew Spencer · 2008 · Insider account by a former Bear senior managing director.
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