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Bear Stearns
Hedge Funder Kurland Gets 27 Months in Prison
Former hedge fund manager at Bear Stearns Asset Management Mark Kurland was sentenced last Friday to 27 months in prison in connection to an insider-trading scheme at hedge fund Galleon Group.
Is It Really Time to Invest in Gold?
Gold prices reached an all-time high days after Bear Stearns collapsed, and it has steadily declined since.
JPMorgan Chase Profits Down, but Still Some Cheer
Profit at JPMorgan Chase, one of the few survivors of the brutal financial crisis, were down by 84 percent, to $14.7 billion.