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Lifeline for Bear Stearns marks shift for central bank

Wall Street and shareholders, including Massachusetts pension fund, see stakes plummet

By Beth Healy
Globe Staff / March 18, 2008

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The emergency takeover of Bear Stearns Cos. shook the investment world yesterday, as money managers who owned the once-venerable firm's stock counted their losses and others braced for additional fallout. (Full article: 728 words)

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