Does anyone really believe the Bear stern execs who said their cash position deteriorated over nite . If you do I have a bridge to sell you as that situation was probably brewing for the better part of a year. Here is a little tidbit of info 2007 bonuses for investment bankers are paid in jan and february of the following year. this means they held back this negative news so they all could get their big fat bonus checks. Now that the checks have cleared they came clean with a smoke job story. The officers of bear sterns should go to jail for what they have done