
Reshaped banking industry emerges from crisis
Five years ago last week Bear Stearns, then one of the nation’s largest brokerage houses, told the Federal Reserve it was out of money. Despite a $12.9 billion emergency loan from the Fed, within two days Bear Stearns was forced to merge with JP Morgan Chase — a deal facilitated with a $29 billion loan …
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