Bear Stearns

Target entity: Bear Stearns
Context triple: [JPMorgan Chase, precededBy, Bear Stearns]

• A. Chase Manhattan Bank
  Chase Manhattan Bank was a major American commercial and investment bank based in New York City that became one of the largest financial institutions in the United States before merging into JPMorgan Chase.
• B. Bank One Corporation
  Bank One Corporation was a major U.S. bank holding company that became one of the nation’s largest banks before its 2004 acquisition by JPMorgan Chase.
• C. JPMorgan Chase
  JPMorgan Chase is a leading American multinational financial services firm and one of the largest banking institutions in the world, offering investment banking, commercial banking, asset management, and other financial services.
• D. Cantor Fitzgerald
  Cantor Fitzgerald is a New York–based financial services firm and brokerage known for its bond trading operations and for suffering devastating losses in the September 11, 2001 attacks.
• E. State Street
  State Street is a historic thoroughfare in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, known as a center of early American commerce and finance and for its proximity to key Revolutionary-era landmarks.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Bear Stearns
Target entity description: Bear Stearns was a major American investment bank and brokerage firm that collapsed during the 2008 financial crisis and was acquired by JPMorgan Chase.

• A. Chase Manhattan Bank
  Chase Manhattan Bank was a major American commercial and investment bank based in New York City that became one of the largest financial institutions in the United States before merging into JPMorgan Chase.
• B. Bank One Corporation
  Bank One Corporation was a major U.S. bank holding company that became one of the nation’s largest banks before its 2004 acquisition by JPMorgan Chase.
• C. JPMorgan Chase
  JPMorgan Chase is a leading American multinational financial services firm and one of the largest banking institutions in the world, offering investment banking, commercial banking, asset management, and other financial services.
• D. Cantor Fitzgerald
  Cantor Fitzgerald is a New York–based financial services firm and brokerage known for its bond trading operations and for suffering devastating losses in the September 11, 2001 attacks.
• E. State Street
  State Street is a historic thoroughfare in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, known as a center of early American commerce and finance and for its proximity to key Revolutionary-era landmarks.
• F. None of above. chosen