JPMorgan Chase may come to regret buying Bear Stearns. Suits by Wells Fargo and bond insurer Ambac claim that Bear entirely disregarded loan quality to appease its trading desk’s ever-growing demand for mortgages to securitize….
In another bit of good economic news, the list of U.S. business bankruptcies will likely get shorter, and probably less distinguished, in 2011, just as it did this year. Still, several factors beyond an improving economy are al…
Ambac Financial Group, which Monday declared bankruptcy, is suing the U.S. for attempting to seize $700 million in tax refunds. The bond insurer warns that seizing the refunds could ruin its chances of reorganizing.
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