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Another viewpoint on Bear Stearns and the FED

…issue of the Fed expanding its own moral and financial hazard in the form of $30 billion in guarantees on Bear Stearns securities. Bear shareholders will essentially be wiped out…

Roubini and the Bail-in this weekend

…the systemic risk of a collapse of Lehman are less serious than those of Bear Stearns: afterall Lehman is less involved into CDSs than Bear was and now both Lehman…

China and Bear Stearns

Business Wire reports: NEW YORK & BEIJING–(BUSINESS WIRE)—-The Bear Stearns Companies Inc. (NYSE:BSC) and CITIC Securities Co., Limited (SSE:600030), with unanimous approval from their respective Boards of Directors, today announced…

Bear Stearns reassured us again

Reuters reported this from CNBC. NEW YORK (Reuters) – Bear Stearns Cos (BSC.N: Quote, Profile, Research) Chief Executive Alan Schwartz on Wednesday dismissed recurring speculation that the investment bank faces…

If Bear Stearns failed?

What are some predicted consequences if Bear Stearns failed? They do not have depositors like a bank. They invested for people, but for whom? Why would the credit market take…

Forbes and the "Self-Made" Label

by cactus Forbes and the “Self-Made” Label I’m kinda busy these days, but this topic is small pet peeve of mine: what the heck is up with Forbes and the…

Off label drug pushers

…have to submit articles.” Off-label use of drugs is big business. According to The Wall Street Journal, “[FDA] is stepping into a high-stakes business issue, because off-label uses of prescription…

Mike sends a response to rdan on off-label drugs

…unreasonable cases, but if it is reasonable that the off-label use of the drug might have caused the damage, then the encouraged off-label use would lead to an assumption of…