A Bear Stearns employee leaves the company's building at Bear Stearns headquarters in New York, May 29, 2008. Bear Stearns, the most high-profile victim of the US subprime property crisis, approved a deal to sell itself to banking giant JPMorgan Chase, a spokeswoman for the Wall Street firm said. AFP PHOTO/Emmanuel DUNAND (Photo credit should read EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images)
