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JPMorgan says it is would buy ailing Bear Stearns for $2 a share
By JOE BEL BRUNO and MADLEN READ
The Associated Press
AP PhotoBear Stearns's headquarters overlooks the flag for neighboring JP Morgan Chase headquarters in New York on Friday, March 14, 2008. The Federal Reserve invoked a rarely used Depression-era procedure Friday to bolster troubled Bear Stearns Cos. and said it will provide even more help to combat a serious credit crisis. JPMorgan Chase is providing an undisclosed amount of secured funding to Bear for 28 days, backstopped by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
NEW YORK --JPMorgan Chase says it will acquire rival Bear Stearns for $2 a share in a move aimed at averting spreading panic in the financial markets over tightening credit.

JP Morgan says the all-stock deal has received the required approvals from the federal government and the Federal Reserve.

The Fed will provide special financing to JPMorgan Chase in connection with the deal. The central bank has agreed to fund up to $30 billion of Bear Stearns' less liquid assets.


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