Bear Stearns hedgie was on meds

In a bit of pre-trial drama, federal prosecutors recently placed the digital diary of Matthew Tannin into the public record. In it, the Bear Stearns hedge fund manager fretted about becoming addicted to sleeping pills some six months before the funds he co-managed blew up in the summer of 2007.

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Why the Cioffi and Tannin trial matters to JPMorgan

A gleaming Manhattan skyscraper and a group of well-heeled stockbrokers were some of the coveted assets that JPMorgan Chase snatched up when it acquired Bear Stearns for $10-a-share in March 2008.

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A test case for Wall Street justice

Despite all the finger-pointing over who’s to blame for the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, just two prominent players face criminal charges.

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Ralph Cioffi’s Florida fishing trip

The much awaited trial of Ralph Cioffi and Matthew Tannin, the managers of two failed Bear Stearns hedge funds that sparked a market meltdown during the summer of 2007, looks like it will have a new twist when it gets underway on October 13. One of the defendants, Ralph Cioffi, made a lightening-fast trip to Florida last month allegedly to get his hands on a key piece of evidence — documents from Busey Bank, in Ft. Myers, Fla

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Ralph Cioffi’s Florida fishing trip