From the Wikipedia article:
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In March 2008, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York provided an emergency loan to try to avert a sudden collapse of the company. The company could not be saved...The collapse of the company was a prelude to the risk management meltdown of the Wall Street investment bank industry in September 2008, and the subsequent global financial crisis and recession.
And then later in the article:
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On March 17, 2008, JP Morgan Chase offered to acquire Bear Stearns...
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