At least 2,000 people attended Bear Stearns' 14th annual global credit conference last week at the Waldorf=Astoria in New York. The deepening troubles at auto giants General Motors and Ford Motor Co. and their effect on the credit markets as a whole dominated the hallway chatter. Reporter Caroline Salas and Managing Editor Scott Goodwin filed these stories.
>> Moody's Will Wait Until Fall To Cut GM, Ford
>> U.S. CDO Mart Trends Toward Synthetics
>> Even Wider High-Yield Spreads Seen Ahead
>> Bear Recommends Stockpiling Cash
>> Acceptance Of First-Time Managers Raises Key-Man Risk
