Bear Stearns and CITIC announce alliance
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Bear Stearns Cos , an  investment bank battered by the mortgage market slump, and  China's CITIC Securities Co (600030.SS) said on Monday they  will take investment stakes in each other and form a broad  strategic alliance.
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NEW YORK : Citigroup, the world&#39;s biggest financial firm, said it has agreed to buy Texas-based First American Bank for an undisclosed sum.
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New York Times Co  and business  news channel CNBC will share video and stories from each  other's Web sites in an alliance that could bolster them  against an expected assault by News Corp .
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Joseph C. Lewis, who became a billionaire trading currencies, has taken a 7 percent stake in Bear Stearns Cos Inc , snapping up about $860 million worth of the investment bank's stock over the past two months.
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U.S. investment bank Citigroup is set to  bid for UK stockbroker Cazenove CAZ.UL, challenging rivals JP  Morgan JPM.L and Lehman Brothers LEH.N for the City's most  venerable institution, the Observer reported.
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U.S. and European banks including Citigroup Inc  and HSBC Holdings PLC  are mulling sales of parts of their businesses from branches to entire units in a nod to crunch times ahead, the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Thursday.
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JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co., one of the biggest US banks, and Cazenove Group PLC, one of Britain&#39;s oldest financial advisory firms, said Friday they were launching a joint venture to combine their investment banking services for British customers.
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For the first time in Bear Stearns' history, an investment banker will be running the show. As soon as Tuesday, Bear Stearns is expected to announce that Alan Schwartz, president of the securities firm, will succeed James Cayne as its chief executive. When it does, it will usher in a new era for Bear, which his [...].
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Regulators said on Wednesday that  Bear Stearns Cos. Inc.  should be able to unwind the  positions of its two troubled hedge funds without causing wider  financial market distress.
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Bear Stearns Cos.  said on  Thursday quarterly net income soared 38 percent helped by gains  from fees for merger advice and underwriting debt for  corporations and acquisition-hungry private equity firms.
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Although Bear Stearns investors want to see the firm increase its international exposure, there is uncertainty as to whether the Citic deal will contribute to earnings.
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CIBC Mellon Trust Co.  a joint  venture of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce CM.TO and  Mellon Financial Corp. MEL.N, has agreed to pay $6 million to  settle stock fraud charges, U.S. regulators said on Wednesday.
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Joseph C. Lewis, who became a billionaire trading currency, has taken a 7 percent stake in Bear Stearns Cos Inc , snapping up about $860 million worth of the investment bank's stock over the past two months.
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Citigroup Inc  is combining two groups of traders focused on global credit markets, which have been in turmoil this month.
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The billionaire Joseph C. Lewis has taken a 7 percent stake in Bear Stearns, acquiring $860.4 million worth of the investment bankâs sagging stock.
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Morgan Stanley  and Bear Stearns Cos. Inc. , two of Wall Street's biggest securities firms, on Tuesday said their fourth-quarter profits rose as a flurry of mergers and a year-end stock rally boosted investment banking fees.
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Mizuho Financial Group Inc., Japan&#39;s biggest bank by assets, plans to partner Citigroup Inc.&#39;s Japanese investment banking venture to grab equity underwriting business from Nomura Holdings Inc.