Friday, August 3, 2007

REFILE-UPDATE 2-Bear Stearns, brokers debt protection costs rise

(Reuters) - NEW YORK, Aug 3 - The cost to insure the debt of
Bear Stearns Cos. jumped on Friday after Standard &
Poor's changed its outlook on the investment bank's debt to
negative, indicating it is more likely to be cut over the next
one to two years.




Recent developments, including problems at some of Bear
Stearns' managed hedge funds, have the potential to hurt the
company's performance for an "extended period," S&P said in a
statement. For details, see [ID:nN03300207]


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