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Ex-Bear Stearns exec sues for $2 million bonus

May. 11, 2009
A former Bear Stearns Cos. executive has sued the firm for a $2 million bonus he says it owes him. Gary M. Reback was fired from Bear Stearns in May 2008 as JPMorgan Chase & Co. bought the nearly collapsed investment bank. The suit filed in Manhattan Supreme...
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