Bear Stearns Hedge Funds Filing For Bankruptcy -CNBC

NEW YORK (Dow Jones)-- Bear Stearns filed for bankruptcy for two hedge funds on July 31 in the Cayman Islands, CNBC's Charles Gasparino reported Tuesday.

Gasparino said the bank is filing overseas to avoid a U.S. bankruptcy judgewho recently ruled against them in a case about its brokerage of a hedge fund.

-A. Christian Jean, Dow Jones Newswires; 201-938-2007; aymar.jean@dowjones.com

Corrected August 7, 2007 13:08 ET ( 17:08 GMT)

Bear Stearns filed for bankruptcy for two hedge funds on July 31 in the CaymanIslands.

(A story published at 12:36 p.m. EDT implied the bank filed for bankruptcyTuesday.)

(END) Dow Jones Newswires 08-07-07 1236ET Copyright (c) 2007 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.

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