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JPMorgan in Talks to Boost Bear Stearns Bid

Posted Mar 24, 08 4:00 AM CDT in Business 

(Newser) – JPMorgan Chase was in negotiations last night to quintuple its bid for Bear Stearns following a storm of angry protests by Bear shareholders over the initial bargain-basement deal for the investment banking giant, reports the New York Times. Under the new deal, JPMorgan Chase would pay $1 billion—$10 a share, up from the initial offer of $2 a share, which represented just one-fifteenth of Bear’s market price.

Stockholders vowed to fight the original deal, arranged last week with unprecedented participation of the Federal Reserve and Treasury Department as Bear Stearns teetered on the brink of collapse. But the Fed, which must approve a change, was balking at the offer after days of frantic secret talks, the Time says, and could still scuttle the sweetened offer, setting off a stockholder battle.

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A newspaper distributor hands out a copy of newspaper featuring the sale of U.S. investment bank Bear Stearns to JP Morgan Chase as commuters ascend from Bank underground station in the City of London,...   (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
The headquarters for JP Morgan Chase, right, and Bear Stearns, left,in New York.   (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
The headquarters of JP Morgan Chase, center, and Bear Stearns, left,in New York.   (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
An employee enters the lobby of JP Morgan Chase on Monday, March 17, 2008 in New York. JP Morgan Chase said Sunday it will acquire rival Bear Stearns for a bargain-basement $236.2 million, a stunning...   (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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