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• At Bear Trial, A Question of Venue

  
  WSJ.com: Law Blog — Authority: 742
  The jury in the Bear Stearns trial began ts deliberations on Monday. But quickly, a question about venue arose.
  8 hours ago

• Bear Stearns hedge fund case goes to jury

  
  Muckety.com - Exploring the paths of power and influence — Authority: 424
  Deliberations were scheduled to begin today in the trial of two former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers.
  15 hours ago

• Bear Stearns Begleiter loses $22m in World Series of Poker

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  • Former senior executive lost $22m stack of chips on single bet • Steven Begleiter came sixth in competition, winning $1.59m A former senior executive from Bear Stearns crashed out of the finals of the World Series of Poker yesterday after losing his entire $22m (£13m) stack of chips on a single bet. Steven ...
  16 hours ago

• Morning Line-up

  
  Hedge Hub — Authority: 132
  Posted by: Chris Vellacott Hedge fund stories from the past 24 hours from Reuters and elsewhere: Lord Myners to face hedge fund grilling by Lords - City AM EU report criticises own ‘vague and inadequate’ hedge fund directive  Daily Telegraph Hedge fund giant surfaces in trading probe - Wall Street ...
  22 hours ago

• YouTube video sinks Turnbull minder

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 432
  A media minder for Federal Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull has reportedly quit his job after being linked to an online bout of Liberal factional warfare. The video parodies Liberal MP Alex Hawke by portraying him as an enraged Adolf Hitler, echoing a YouTube trend of dubbing Hitler biopic Downfall with fake ...
  2 days ago

• Zero Hedge Endorses Senator Bernie Sanders Petition To Tim Geithner

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 761
  Petition from Vermont Senator Bernie Sander To Time Geithner Too Big to Fail is Too Big to Exist Financial institutions that are “too big to fail” played a major role in undermining the American economy and driving our country into a severe recession. Financial institutions that are “too big to fail” put ...
  3 days ago

• Choice for Bear Trial Jury: Two Clashing Stories

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 915
  As closing arguments come to an end, the jury in the trial of two former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers will have to decide which version of reality they believe.
  3 days ago

• The Pillage People

  
  Progressive News Daily — Authority: 158
  By Roger Bybee In These Times Is it me or does Paulsens portrait look like it was taken in the mens room at "The Olive Garden"? It’s as if last year’s meltdown—causing a $16 trillion bailout of the financial industry, the doubling of America’s unemployment rate and the loss of 2 ...
  3 days ago

• New York Defense Attorneys Showing Their Empathetic Sides

  
  WSJ.com: Law Blog — Authority: 742
  The past couple of days have shown us a decidedly softer side to the perhaps stereotypical tough-talking New York defense attorney.
  3 days ago

• Choice for Bear Trial Jury: 2 Clashing Stories

  
  DealBook — Authority: 782
  As closing arguments come to an end, the jury in the trial of two former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers will have to decide which version of reality they believe.
  3 days ago

• Too Big To Fail is Too Big to Exist: Sen. Bernie Sanders Says Break ‘Em Up!

  
  Count Us Out — Authority: 149
  Senator Bernie Sanders introduced legislation that would break up financial institutions that are too big to fail. "If an institution is too big to fail, it is too big to exist," Sanders said. "We should break them up so they are no longer in a position to bring down the entire economy. We should end the concentration ...
  3 days ago

• Bear Hug? Jury to Get Fraud Case Soon

  
  WSJ.com: Law Blog — Authority: 742
  In the Bear Stearns trial currently playing out in Brooklyn, federal prosecutors on Thursday spent nearly three hours with their closing remarks. The gist of the argument: Ralph Cioffi and Matthew Tannin (pictured) knew their funds were in trouble in the spring of 2007 and had lied to investors.
  3 days ago

• Final Arguments Against 2 in Bear Stearns Fraud Case

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 915
  The case is the first against prominent Wall Street executives charged with fraud stemming from the financial crisis.
  4 days ago

• Final Arguments in Trial of 2 Ex-Fund Managers

  
  DealBook — Authority: 782
  Prosecutors wrapped up their case against two former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers on Thursday, arguing that the two knew their funds were in trouble and lied to investors.
  4 days ago

• Committee Allows a Break on Certain Auditing Rules

  
  DealBook — Authority: 782
  Legislation that supporters say would provide greater protection to investors sailed through a House committee on Wednesday, but not before the lawmakers added a provision to ease new auditing standards for small and medium-size companies.
  4 days ago

• Question Conventional Wisdom

  
  Skeptical CPA — Authority: 433
  "Conventional question: Did the governments quick intervention on Wall Street last year save us from another Great Depression? Alternative question, one that I prefer: Did government intervention make matters worse? ... Next, consider the view that the crisis was prolonged by a misdiagnosis that led to more ...
  5 days ago

• Bank of America general counsel was not registered to practise

  
  Family: News and advice on family matters children and parents — Authority: 974
  Beseiged Bank of America is in further hot water after it emerged the man Ken Lewis chose to act as the banks general counsel in the month it completed its controversial acquisition of Merrill Lynch was not fully registered to practise law at the time in his home state.
  5 days ago

• Matt Taibbi: Wall Street’s Naked Swindle

  
  GreenLightAdvisor Views — Authority: 436
  In his latest feature, Matt Taibbi, who earlier this year authored of the brilliant “Giant Squid” article about Goldman Sachs, lights up another fire under Wall Street and regulators, about massive [conspiratorial] naked short selling activities designed to bring down Goldman Sachs. Taibbi’s investigative style ...
  6 days ago

• Book Review: Too Big To Fail By Andrew Ross Sorkin

  
  BASIL & SPICE--FINANCIAL WELL BEING — Authority: 129
  By Loyd Eskildson At one point in 2008 it looked like Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, AIG, Morgan Stanley, and Goldman Sachs would all file for bankruptcy. In less than 18 months, Wall Street went from its most profitable age (the financial services sector created over 40% of total 2007 U.S. corporate profits) to ...
  6 days ago

• Guest Post: Systemic Risk is All About Innovation and Incentives: Ed Kane

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 761
  Guest post by Chris Whalen of Institutional Risk Analytics   "My dear sir, the Treasury order is popular with the people everywhere I have passed. But all the speculators, and those largely indebted, want more paper. The more it depreciates the easier they can pay their debts… Check the paper mania and the ...
  1 week ago

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