Morgan Stanley, Bear Stearns Profits Fall
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Morgan Stanley and Bear Stearns  Companies posted a drop in quarterly profits on Wednesday,  surprising some investors one day after two other big  investment banks reported a rise in earnings.
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US investment bank Morgan Stanley on Wednesday said quarterly profit dropped by a third on lower bond trading revenue, weak equities results and higher expenses, falling
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Wall Street investment banks Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Bear Stearns Cos. on Thursday said fiscal second-quarter profit was squeezed by the nation's mounting home-loan defaults.
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NEW YORK - Disappointing earnings from Morgan Stanley and a new spike in oil prices sent stocks lower in early trading Wednesday as investors' worries over third-quarter earnings increased.    In the first hour of trading, the Dow Jones industrial average fell 87.31, or 0.8 percent, to 10,157.62...
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U.S. shares were seen opening a touch  weaker on Wednesday as markets mull the Federal Reserve's  cautious assessment of the economy and await third-quarter  results Morgan Stanley MWD.N and Bear Stearns BSC.N.
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U.S. shares were seen opening a touch weaker on Wednesday as markets mull the Federal Reserve's cautious assessment of the economy and await third-quarter results Morgan Stanley  and Bear Stearns .
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U.S. stocks extended their losses on Wednesday after investment bank Morgan Stanley said quarterly profit fell, casting doubt on corporate earnings growth, while a brokerage downgrade on Cisco Systems Inc. hurt tech stocks.
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Investment bank Bear Stearns Cos. Inc. , one of the nation's largest mortgage bond underwriters, said on Thursday quarterly earnings fell by a third as trouble in the mortgage market hurt bond trading revenue and it wrote down assets at a stock trading venture.
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Stocks fell sharply on Friday, with all three major averages down over 1 percent, as a pair of troubled Bear Stearns hedge funds stoked concerns that other investment banks may face large losses from subprime mortgages.
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U.S. stocks closed lower on Monday as growing concerns about the subprime mortgage market dragged down shares of Bear Stearns Cos.  and Goldman Sachs Group .
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U.S. stocks opened lower on Wednesday,  with weaker-than-expected earnings from J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.  JPM.N, and an investigation into the insurance industry among  the factors weighing on Wall Street.
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U.S. investment bank Morgan Stanley  MWD.N on Wednesday said quarterly profit dropped by a third  on lower bond trading revenue, weak equities results and higher  expenses, falling short of Wall Street's low expectations and  pushing its shares down as much as 8 percent.
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Morgan Stanley, the second-biggest US securities firm, said Wednesday its fiscal third-quarter profit tumbled 34 percent, falling short of estimates, as bond trading plunged.
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NEW YORK - Disappointing earnings from Morgan Stanley and a new spike in oil prices sent stocks sharply Wednesday as worries over third-quarter earnings increased and investors decided to cash in some recent profits. The Dow Jones industrial average was down more than 100 points...
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Bear Stearns Cos Inc  said on Thursday quarterly profit plunged 61 percent to its lowest level in five years on bad bets on subprime mortgages and disrupted fixed-income trading.
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Profits at US bank Bear Stearns fall 61% as a result of the credit crisis and exposure to sub-prime debt.
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Goldman Sachs and Bear Stearns wrestle with the subprime problems, turning in disappointing earnings results.