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    Markets Volatile after Fed Moves

    In a frantically arranged deal to avoid bankruptcy this weekend, the 85 year-old investment bank Bear Stearns was sold to JP Morgan Chase at a mere $2 a share with the Federal Reserve stepping in to guarantee Bear Stearns enormous trading obligations. Michael Patterson reports on the US stock market for Bloomberg .

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    KCRW placeholderBy Lawrence O'Donnell • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    In a frantically arranged deal to avoid bankruptcy this weekend, the 85 year-old investment bank Bear Stearns was sold to JP Morgan Chase at a mere $2 a share with the Federal Reserve stepping in to guarantee Bear Stearns enormous trading obligations. Michael Patterson reports on the US stock market for Bloomberg.

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    After Five Years in, Where Do We Stand in Iraq?
    1. 1:34Markets Volatile after Fed MovesYou’re reading this
    2. 7:48At Five Years in, Where Do We Stand in Iraq?
    3. 43:55Should the Fed Intervene to Rescue the Markets?
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