For those that think the rumor mill is a myth

Discussion in 'Wall St. News' started by stock777, Jul 7, 2008.

  1. stock777

    stock777

    #1     Jul 7, 2008
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  2. flytiger

    flytiger

    It's interesting, isn't it, that they didn't care when the rumors were against OSTK, or BVF, or a thousand others. Hurts when it's on you doorstep, doesn't it?

    The last line I've answered here many times. "You'd think you'd see the subpoenas flying." Why not? The money laundering trail is coming to a clearing. You will see reporters and regulators exposed as taking bribes. Write it down.

    JPMorgan CEO says SEC should investigate Bear collapse
    Finally, a high profile banker speaking out:
    " SEC should investigate Bear collapse: JP Morgan CEO

    Mon Jul 7, 11:14 PM ET

    JP Morgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) Chief Executive Jamie Dimon said U.S. regulators should investigate whether people betting on Bear Stearns' stock falling deliberately brought down the investment bank.

    "Where there is smoke, there's fire," Dimon said in an interview with Charlie Rose on PBS, televised on Monday. "I think the Securities and Exchange Commission should investigate it, okay? I think if someone knowingly starts a rumor or passes on a rumor, they should go to jail."

    JPMorgan completed its fire-sale acquisition of Bear Stearns in May, following that bank's stock plunge and collapse earlier this year.

    Trading volumes in Bear shares spiked in the days before the buyout of what was once the fifth-largest U.S. investment bank. Some media reports have suggested that rumors spread by short sellers betting on a fall in Bear Stearns' share price helped to finish off the bank.

    "This is even worse than insider trading. This is deliberate and malicious destruction of value and people's lives," Dimon said. "They shouldn't go to jail for a short period of time. If I was the SEC, I'd find out who made the money and I'd investigate like they do when they come after us all the time, emails, phone records, you name it, and I'd find out."

    (Reporting by Michael Erman; Editing by Lincoln Feast)"

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080708/bs_nm/jpmorgan_sec_dc_1;_ylt=Aq.fPLVg5TUZ3Qw0Cgr4OVsE1vAI
     
    #2     Jul 8, 2008
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