Bear Stearns Companies Inc. (Bear Stearns Cos.) (NYSE: BSC) was established in 1923, is headquartered in New York, Bear Stearns is the sixth-largest U.S. investment bank, Department of Global 500 enterprises. It is a leading global financial services company for the world's governments, enterprises, institutions and individuals worldwide. Bear Stearns's business covers corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions, institutional equities and fixed income sales and trading, securities research, private client services, derivatives, foreign exchange and futures sales and trading, asset management and custody services. Bear Stearns also hedge funds, brokers and investment advisers to provide financing, securities lending, clearing services and technology solutions. Bear Stearns has approximately 14,500 employees.
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