Bear Stearns bulls to strong finish
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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Bear Stearns Cos. reported Tuesday a 22.6 percent increase in fourth-quarter net income, as investment- and merchant-banking results rose.
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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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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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Bear Stearns shares rose 7.7 percent yesterday on speculation that investors including Warren E. Buffett may buy all or part of the company.
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WASHINGTON - Bear Stearns Cos. , reeling from mortgage-related losses, shored up investor support by selling a stake to China's government-controlled Citic Securities Co. and gaining a foothold in the world's best-performing stock market.
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Kirk Hinrich played like an All-Star on Monday, scoring 24 of his game-high 30 points in the second half to put the Bulls in a position to close the year with a victory.
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Bear Stearns Cos. narrowly averted the very public collapse of two hedge funds this week after rivals balked at forcing their immediate dissolution.
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The FTSE 100 index closed comfortably higher thanks to robust earnings from Reuters and Reckitt Benckiser, although British blue-chips ended below their best levels after a mixed morning on Wall Street.
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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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It's never a bad time to build a bear-resistant portfolio.
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British billionaire Joseph Lewis has taken a 7 percent stake in Bear Stearns Cos Inc , snapping up about $860 million worth of the investment bank's stock.
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Barclays Bank Plc  on  Wednesday accused Bear Stearns Co Inc  of using two  hedge funds that collapsed last summer as places to unload  troubled assets.
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U.S. stocks were expected to move  higher at Tuesday's open with fourth-quarter earnings from  investment banks Morgan Stanley MWD.N and Bear Stearns Cos.  Inc. BSC.N taking focus.
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Leading British blue chips extended gains in late trade to close markedly higher, taking heart from strong gains across US markets led by gains in telecoms on positive earnings news and mergers and acquisition speculation, dealers said.
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Stocks ended higher on Thursday after a major bond insurer reassured investors about its stability, fueling a rebound by financial shares hammered recently by the prospect of crumbling credit markets.
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Goldman Sachs and Lehman Brothers yesterday posted higher-than-expected quarterly profits, fuelled by surprising strength in bond trading and investment banking growth.
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Bear Stearns Cos. Inc.  on Friday said it would 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.