A Bear Stearns trader with a sense of humor taped a hard-earned two-buck greenback to the front door of Bear's corporate headquarters in New York. $2 is the per-share value that JPMorgan Chase agreed to purchase Bear Stearns for, a far cry from the $60 a share that the bank was trading at last week. Our best caption is above, but you can do better. Leave one in the comments below. (Photo by Reuters/Kristina Cooke)
"It was that or the trifecta, and I was feeling adventurous"
5:00 AM on Wed Mar 19 2008
By Jordan Golson
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"Bear Stearns stock Certificates Easier to Acquire than Two Dollar Bills".
Overheard on the Street, "I thought they could use the boost, poor schmucks".
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2 buck, chuck next?
"I want my Two Dollars!" - Better Off Dead
Two-buck Chuck (your holdings into the toilet)
Stearns employees creatively display company pension fund.
For a buck or two
Tape a sawbuck onto that door, and you've got a counter-offer.
I'd buy that for a dollar!!!
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