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Several other banks are the targets of a multistate probe into how auction rate securities were presented and sold to investors, including Citigroup (nyse: C - news - people ), Merrill Lynch (nyse: MER - news - people ) and Morgan Stanley (nyse: MS - news - people ).
FORBES: Another Legal Headache For UBS
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Its pretax margins average 27% over four years, compared to 25% for peers Bear Stearns (nyse: BSC - news - people ), Goldman Sachs (nyse: GS - news - people ), Merrill Lynch (nyse: MER - news - people ) and Morgan Stanley (nyse: MWD - news - people ).
FORBES: Lehman Wants More Efficiency
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Bear has been notching record earnings along with fellow investment banks, but it is dwarfed in size by peers Morgan Stanley (nyse: MS - news - people ), Merrill Lynch (nyse: MER - news - people ) and Goldman Sachs (nyse: GS - news - people ) and half the size of its closest rival, Lehman Brothers (nyse: LEH - news - people ).
FORBES: Bear Stearns' Big Strategy