Fifteen years after the collapse of Bear Stearns Cos., one of the final mysteries shrouding the demise of the Wall Street behemoth has finally been solved. The night JPMorgan Chase & Co. agreed to buy the bank for $2 a share, a $2 bill was taped to the revolving door of Bear Stearns’s headquarters — a prank that created one of the defining images of the financial crisis. But the people behind it remained a secret. Dealbreaker was the first to publish the image, and Gawker quickly followed, describing it as “an editorial comment from an unknown Bear Stearns employee” on the risible sale price for a one-time ... (full story)