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The Motley Fool March 25, 2008 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Ben Bernanke Got Punk'd Yesterday's five-fold increase in JPMorgan's bidding price for Bear Stearns is a slap in the face to the Fed-fueled buyout that Ben Bernanke helped orchestrate.
The Motley Fool August 25, 2009 Alex Dumortier	Bernanke Is Sentenced to 4 More Years President Obama announced his nomination of "Helicopter" Ben Bernanke to a second term as chairman of the Fed. Bernanke is game -- but is he the right choice?
The Motley Fool March 14, 2008 Morgan Housel	Bear Stearns Hits the Panic Button Investment bank Bear Stearns liquidity woes prove to be true; the bank announces that it will receive short-term financing from the Federal Reserve and rival JPMorgan Chase.
The Motley Fool October 5, 2007 Seth Jayson	Quick Take: Hair-Trigger Ben and the Pointless Rate Cut Ben Bernanke and the Fed cut rates by half a point last month when the jobs report showed a loss of 4,000 jobs for August. However, the Labor Department's latest figures add up to an 89,000-job gain for that time.
The Motley Fool March 18, 2008 William Trent	What Can the Fed Do? The Federal Reserve did not "bail out" Bear Stearns. Read on to learn more about what the Fed can, and cannot, do.
The Motley Fool March 17, 2008 Seth Jayson	Bernanke Bails Out Bear Has Bernanke saved the financial system, or has he guaranteed that we pay for Wall Street's mistakes?
InternetNews June 15, 2006 Paul Shread	Stocks Soar on Fedspeak Stocks soared Thursday on soothing comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke... Inter-Tel gained 8% on a buyout offer... Nvidia jumped on an upgrade... etc.
BusinessWeek August 6, 2009 Roben Farzad	Bernanke, Flying by the Seat of His Pants In Fed We Trust: Ben Bernanke's War on the Great Panic, by David Wessel, is an engrossing look at the central bank's swift reaction to the crisis, and how it is wielding its power.
The Motley Fool April 14, 2008 Morgan Housel	How Lehman Played Musical Chairs With Its Loans Lehman Brothers sheds light on new Fed lending facilities. Will it work?
The Motley Fool July 9, 2008 Rich Duprey	Getting Burned by Bernanke His proposal to expand the Fed's power might incinerate the economy.
The Motley Fool March 19, 2008 Tom Hutchinson	Will Bear Stearns Receive a Rival Bid? Two days after JPMorgan Chase agreed to buy Bear Stearns for $2 per share, BSC stock is trading for slightly more than $5 per share. How could this be? Because the market is factoring in the possibility of a rival offer from another bidder.
The Motley Fool April 4, 2008 Tom Hutchinson	Congress Grills Bernanke Over Bear Recent hearings debated the Fed's role in bailing out Bear Stearns.
The Motley Fool March 24, 2008 Dan Caplinger	How the Fed Rescues Markets Lower interest rates support stock prices in several ways.
The Motley Fool March 17, 2008 Dan Caplinger	Why Bernanke Is Ignoring You Rate cuts aren't finding their way to cash-strapped consumers.
The Motley Fool August 25, 2008 Morgan Housel	Bernanke Will Take Your Shares to Zero Ben Bernanke speaks out about the "moral hazard" dilemma of giving firms the perception of being "too big to fail."
The Motley Fool March 20, 2008 Chuck Saletta	Ben Bernanke Is Destroying Our Financial System Lost amidst all of Bernanke's heavy-handed government intervention is the fact that, if left alone, the markets still work.
BusinessWeek July 30, 2009 Michael Mandel	Behind Bernanke's Charm Offensive The Fed's New Worry: Popularity. For a central bank dependent on Congress for bailout funds, approval ratings matter. And they're not good
The Motley Fool March 25, 2008 Chuck Saletta	You're Being Taken to the Cleaners You and I are subsidizing the risks that JPMorgan and Bear Stearns are taking, and their shareholders and managers are receiving the rewards.
The Motley Fool February 26, 2008 Morgan Housel	Bernanke's Quiet Bailout By using the term auction facility, Ben Bernanke was able prevent panic and simultaneously keep the banking system sound. Did he do the right thing?
The Motley Fool December 16, 2008 Morgan Housel	Bernanke's Out of Bullets Ben Bernanke has spent the past year and a half firing as many bullets as possible to prop up the economy. After lowering the target on the Fed funds rate to a range of zero to 0.25%, he's finally out of ammunition.
The Motley Fool April 23, 2008 Bill Mann & Tim Hanson	We've Got Your Back, Bernanke There are several irresponsible assumptions in the recent criticism of Fed chief Ben Bernanke.
The Motley Fool July 23, 2009 Matt Koppenheffer	Should Ben Bernanke Get Another Term? He became chairman of the Federal Reserve right as we hurtled into financial meltdown. Does Bernanke deserve to keep the job?
The Motley Fool July 17, 2008 Chuck Saletta	Bernanke's Complete and Utter Failure If the Fed's rate cut six months ago had been the extent of its command-and-control meddling, we might've been out of the woods by now. Sadly, it wasn't, and we're not.
The Motley Fool March 18, 2008 Morgan Housel	What Can JPMorgan Do With Bear Stearns? If JPMorgan can pull Bear back to even a fraction of its former self, the acquisition will go down in history as one of the most lucrative deals ever made.
InternetNews March 28, 2007 Paul Shread	Bernanke Blasts Bulls Stocks fell Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke made it clear that inflation remains a big concern for the Fed... Accenture gained on strong results... VocalTec fell on its outlook... etc.
The Motley Fool August 28, 2008 Morgan Housel	A Tantalizing Conflict of Interest One peculiar conflict of interest should catch investors' attention. JPMorgan Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon, and Lehman Brothers CEO Richard Fuld, both serve on the Board of Directors at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York -- yep, the same bank that facilitated the Bear Stearns transaction.
The Motley Fool March 24, 2008 Morgan Housel	Bear Stearns Gets Sweeter JPMorgan ups its bid for the embattled investment bank to $10 per share, a five-time jump above its original, paltry offer.
InternetNews March 27, 2006 Paul Shread	Techs Edge Higher Ahead of Fed Tech stocks edged higher Monday ahead of the first Federal Reserve meeting under new chairman Ben Bernanke... Blue chips spent the day under water... Foundry Networks gained on an upgrade... etc.
BusinessWeek February 18, 2010 Rich Miller	Interest Rate Tightening: It's All in the Timing Details are emerging on how the Fed will tighten credit. But Congress really wants to know whether it will happen before the fall elections.
BusinessWeek July 29, 2010 Tom Keene	Tom Keene's Econo Chat A conversation with Jim Grant, editor of Grant's Interest Rate Observer, on the slow economic recovery.
Registered Rep. June 1, 2008	What Recession? Some economists say a U.S. recession may have been averted, as the markets and some economic indicators seem to have improved since March.
The Motley Fool June 5, 2007 Seth Jayson	Bernanke Said What? If inflation continues to take a bite out of consumer spending, it might not be enough to dump the economy. But it could be more than enough to put an end to the peak earnings we're seeing these days.
The Motley Fool June 22, 2011 Housel & Moscovitz	Live Blog: Bernanke on the Economy The boss talks.
The Motley Fool October 24, 2005 Tim Beyers	Goodbye, Greenspan New Fed chief Ben Bernanke faces a tough job and some big shoes to fill. Here are several of the unfriendly forces that threaten the U.S. economy.
The Motley Fool June 11, 2008 Kristin Graham	Can Bernanke Talk the Talk and Walk the Walk? Ben Bernanke is getting down to business to combat inflation.
The Motley Fool March 17, 2009 Caplinger & Bylund	Who's More to Blame: Ben Bernanke or Credit Derivatives? March Madness series: The derivatives that are behind this debacle have been around a lot longer than the three years that Bernanke has headed the Fed. Are they to blame? Or should Ben Bernanke have been more direct in calling for changes to be made?
The Motley Fool April 30, 2008 Dan Caplinger	Bernanke's Done, Finally Stocks and the economy shouldn't expect any more help from the Fed.
BusinessWeek June 23, 2011 Rich Miller	What Now, Chairman Bernanke? Some economists and former Fed officials think Bernanke should rethink the central bank's wait-and-see policy as growth slows.
BusinessWeek June 19, 2006 Catherine Yang	The Fed: No More Hints Or Whispers Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke's straight style forces Wall Street to think for itself.
The Motley Fool December 16, 2009 Alyce Lomax	Bernanke's the Man (of the Year)? Would you name the Fed Chief 2009's Person of the Year?
The Motley Fool June 5, 2008 Tom Hutchinson	Bernanke Changes Strategy The Fed chief has taken the fight to inflation.
The Motley Fool December 12, 2007 Dan Caplinger	Is the Fed Smart, Dumb, or Both? One day, the market thinks the Federal Reserve chairman is the dumbest guy on Earth. The next morning, he's the master of the universe. The reality is somewhere in between -- but try telling that to traders who get whipsawed repeatedly.
The Motley Fool October 30, 2008 Morgan Housel	Will This Rate Cut Work? What does the Fed's latest tax cut mean for the economy?
The Motley Fool September 16, 2008 Morgan Housel	Bernanke Doesn't Budge Bernanke holds rates steady. Here's why that was a good idea.
BusinessWeek August 20, 2007 Peter Coy	The Bernanke Agenda The Fed chairman feels the pain of subprime borrowers and the Street, but he's got his priorities.
BusinessWeek March 12, 2007 Christopher Farrell	How Alan Helped Ben Greenspan just made Bernanke's job a bit easier.
Registered Rep. April 1, 2008 David A. Geracioti	The Smart Money Talk about embarrassing: The credit debacle has shown just how dumb and greedy the (supposedly) smart money really is.
The Motley Fool March 14, 2008 Christopher Barker	Quick Take: Stop the Presses, Ben! The Federal Reserve surprised equity markets by launching a new weapon against the mortgage meltdown and the resulting credit crisis, but the dollar suffers.
The Motley Fool March 19, 2008 Morgan Housel	Lehman Brothers Holds Tough Despite a wretched week, Lehman battles back liquidity rumors.
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