Bear Stearns net rises 16 percent
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ST. LOUIS  - Investment bank Bear Stearns & Co.   BSC.N on Thursday said third-quarter net income rose nearly   16 percent, easily beating Wall Street expectations, on strong   fixed-income trading.
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The Brit has been buying up a big stake in beleaguered bank Bear Stearns.
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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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NEW YORK, June 22 -- Bear Stearns confirmed Friday it will bail out one of its troubled hedge funds with $3.2 billion in secured loans, but the Wall Street firm sought to convince the broader market that its troubles were "relatively contained."
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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.
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Corporate capital investment jumped 16.6 percent in Japan in the April-June quarter from the period a year ago.
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Bear Stearns earned a big slice of Wall Street's growing pie.
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Bear Stearns Cos. Inc.  on Friday said it will provide up to $3.2 billion in financing for a struggling hedge fund it manages, but sources said a second fund is still working out a restructuring plan with creditors.
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Investment bank Bear Stearns & Co.   Inc. BSC.N on Thursday said third-quarter net income rose,   helped by strong sales and trading results.
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Research firm PRA International Inc. gained as much as 24 percent Thursday after pricing its initial public offering above expectations, and two other stocks saw moderate increases in their trading debuts.
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LONDON : British satellite broadcaster BSkyB said profit rose by 16 percent in the first quarter as the group enjoyed strong subscriber growth in the run-up to the key Christmas trading period.
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Chubb Corp. CB.N, a large insurer of  businesses and wealthy individuals, said on Tuesday its  quarterly earnings rose, helped by an increase in property and  casualty net premiums written.
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Bear Stearns is in serious talks with several outside investors, including Warren Buffett, about selling as much as 20 percent of the firm, according to a report in The New York Times online edition on Wednesday.
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Stock index futures edged up before  the start of Wall Street trading on Thursday with the focus on  quarterly results from investment bank Bear Stearns  and  a raft of economic indicators.
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Norwich Union, the UK's second biggest car insurer, is to put its rates up by an average of 16%.
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The S&P 500 stock index touched a six-year high on Thursday as higher-than-expected earnings from investment bank Bear Stearns Co. Inc. , retailer Costco Wholesale Corp.  and other companies improved the outlook for steady profit growth.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 26 -- Stocks rose soundly Wednesday after word that some of the problems dogging big companies like General Motors and Bear Stearns were beginning to be sorted out.