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Tell us what wonderful things --or not so fabulous, if that's your story-- you've accomplished in your post-Bear Stearns days. Three graduate students from Columbia's School of Journalism are doing a a multimedia master's project about life after Bear Stearns, and we'd like to hear about your experience. We think it's very important that the stories of Bear Stearns employees do not end with the company, and we need your help to put together a comprehensive picture of life after Bear. We hope that you will help, and we look forward to hearing from you. Please contact Sanjeev Naraine at Sanjeev77@live.com, Cell 917-751-8444.

Thank you very much for your help with this important story.

Good luck to all, Heather, Alan and Chikodi
Columbia Graduate School of Journalism


Who Killed the Bear is dedicated to Bear Stearns employees past and present. Share your thoughts and experiences, network for job opportunities, or just stay in touch with each other! This is your place to keep the Bear family alive. We now have over 1500 Members! Please email whokilledthebear@live.com for access. You must be a past Bear employee. Include employee ID number with email request for site membership.

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...taken from foreverlehman.com... Once upon a time, there were three little eggs in a nest. The biggest egg hatched first. Out of the shell struggled a chick full of determination and drive. Within minutes of his hatching, this brave little chick was already flexing his wings, looking forward to the great day of his first flight. All night he worked hard, pumping his wings so that by the time his two siblings hatched a day later, he was by far the strongest of the three. His determination nev… Continue

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Fed Commercial Paper Holdings Rise to $295.1 Billion (Correct) (Bloomberg)

(Corrects borrowing by bond dealers in second paragraph. The story was originally published on Nov. 28.) Nov. 28 (Bloomberg) -- The Federal Reserve expanded its purchases of commercial paper to $295.1 billion and its loans to securities firms increased as the central bank uses its balance sheet to combat the worst financial crisis in seven decades.

Broadway’s Shubert Organization Gets Ready to Appoint Successor (Bloomberg)

Directors will “implement the succession,” Lee J. Seidler , a Shubert director and former Bear Stearns Cos. partner, said in a telephone interview. The new chairman of both Broadway’s largest landlord and the top U.S. theatrical foundation succeeds Gerald Schoenfeld , who died on Nov. 25 at 84.

Richard Fuld Jr., Villain or Victim? (New York Times)

Is Richard Fuld Jr., who presided over the fall of Lehman Brothers , a victim of his own hubris or a convenient scapegoat? A long cover story in the latest issue of New York magazine looks at Mr. Fuld’s attempts to save the firm and suggests he is, in some sense, a victim.

Reverse ‘wealth effect’ could deal blow to economy (Fort Worth Business Press)

The stock market is nothing if not a psychological barometer. The present signal is unmistakable: fear. It's not just that the market dropped by more than half; that decline parallels some previous post-World War II bear markets (48 percent in 1973-74 and 49 percent in 2000-2002).

Same Old New Deal? (Jewish World Review)

http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | Early in what became the Great Depression, John Maynard Keynes was asked if anything similar had ever happened. "Yes," he replied, "it was called the Dark Ages, and it lasted 400 years."

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Argue your limitations and they are yours. ~O.B. Whales

Optimisim

"The pessimist looks at opportunities and sees difficulties, the optimist looks at difficulties and sees opportunities." ~ Anonymous

Teaching

If they are not learning from the way we teach, then perhaps we should teach the way that they learn. ~Association for Experiential Education

Dare

"Life is a daring adventure, or nothing at all."~ Helen Keller

Creative Energy

In creating, the only hard thing is to begin. ~James Russell Lowell

Beauty and Grace

Beauty and grace are performed whether or not we sense them. ~Annie Dillard

Truth

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The River

To stick your hands into the river is to feel the cords that bind the earth together in one piece. The sound of it at a distance is like wild horses in a canyon, going sure-footed away from the smell of a cougar come to them faintly on the wind. ~Barry Lopez

Courage

Courage: the power to let go of the familiar." ~ Raymond Lindquist

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