Investment firms finish deal swapping stake in Bear Stearns for JPMorgan stock, buyout approval looms
Bear Stearns’ stock swap complete - Investment firms finish deal swapping stake in Bear Stearns for JPMorgan stock; buyout approval still looms.
Bear Stearns Cos. has completed its sale of a 39.5% stake to JPMorgan Chase & Co. for about $10 per [...]
8 Home Renovations - Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
Unless Ty Pennington and the crew from “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” take on your renovation project, you’re likely to get weak-kneed looking at the estimate for the work or learning the terms of your home improvement loan.
If high prices, tough credit or falling home values have suddenly brought [...]
Best places to Lead a life and Start a Business
Are job worries tempting you to start your own company? We canvassed the country to find towns with the best mix of business advantages and lifestyle appeal. Check out our 100 top picks and find the perfect place to build your dream.
1. Bellevue, Wash.
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JPMorgan bids for Bear Stearns and Raises Bear Stearns Offer
Well. According to Reuters and other sources, JPMorgan is readying to quintuple its bid for Bear Stearns, from $2 a share to $10. This should make crybaby shareholders like Jimmy Cayne and British billionaire Joseph C. Lewis — who said last week that he’d block a [...]
Struggle for Bear Stearns’ emotion, and Sixth Day-Three Stories
It’s been two days since Bear Stearns was sold in a fire sale to JPMorgan, and things are still messy and emotional. Whose fault was all of this, and if it’s no one’s fault, whom can we blame? What will happen next? And what will the impact [...]
Leaders need soft skills: Trust, empathy and compassion can help firms
During tough economic times, companies are under increasing pressure to produce better bottom line results. This often leads to downsizing, reorganization, redeployments and branch office closures.
In past slowdowns, organizations have turned to the no-nonsense command and control type of leadership, with a focus on the [...]
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