Stranger than fiction.

The pact is worth more than $9 billion.

The pros see more trouble ahead.

Not all mutual fund sponsors, brokers and other financial advisers have cleaned up their act.

A collapse of the deal could have spurred a $260 billion selloff of U.S. corporate debt.

Bear Stearns dragged down financial stocks with it.

Here are some reminders about what to do when your portfolio has taken a beating.

The group votes to further restrict Amgen’s Aranesp and J&J’s Procrit, but doesn’t entirely bar their use.

Bear Stearns is falling.

Capital One lifted the credit card sector, but not financial stocks.

A struggling real-estate market brings benefit for those staying put.