Thursday, June 14, 2007

Bear Stearns net drops on mortgage woes, charge

(Reuters) - NEW YORK, June 14 - Investment bank Bear Stearns Cos. Inc. , one of the nation's largest mortgage bond underwriters, said on Thursday quarterly earnings fell by a third as trouble in the mortgage market hurt bond trading revenue and it wrote down assets.



The results were weaker than expected, and Bear Stearns shares fell 2.5 percent in premarket trading to $145.81.


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