Wed Nov 11, 8:09 AM ET

Two former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers were acquitted Tuesday in New York of defrauding investors, in a setback for government attempts to punish Wall Street for the 2008 financial meltdown. (AFP/Getty Images/File/Mario Tama)

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