http://www.americansharemarket.com/ Organized marketplace in which share, common share equivalents, and bonds are traded by members of the exchange, acting both as agents (brokers) and as principals (dealers or traders). Such exchanges have a physical location where brokers and dealers meet to execute orders from institutional and individual investors to buy and sell securities. Mon Jan 2009 AmericanShareMarket RSS NEWS - http://www.americansharemarket.com http://www.americansharemarket.com/read_new2106.html Bear Stearns, far from being "rescued" by JPMorgan, was eaten alive. But Lehman Brothers, the next investment bank expected to fall, probably WILL be rescued by the Fed. What's the difference' The CEO of Lehman Brothers -- like that of JPMorgan and unlike that of Bear Stearns -- sits on the Board of the NY Fed.... Sun Jun 2008