Salvatore DiMartino

Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc. is a global investment banking, securities trading and brokerage firm located in New York City with additional offices in Dallas, Boston and San Francisco. The firm is a subsidiary Bear Sterns Cos., Inc. (NYSE: BSC). Their equity research team consists of senior analysts located throughout the world. In addition to domestic coverage, they have research teams focusing on Latin America, Asia and Europe. The analysts use a bottom-up approach to stock selection. The Bear Stearns fixed-income research department provides coverage of every sector of the fixed-income universe. The financial analytics and structured transactions group (F.A.S.T) provides investment research, fixed-income portfolio management and analytical systems, trading technology and general financial expertise. The group also provides a broad range of services to financial institutions including asset-liability management, balance sheet restructuring, receivables-based financing analysis, security and portfolio analysis, peer analysis, and historical and real-time market-based information.

First Central Savings Bank provides business and personal banking products and services. The firm offers checking accounts, money market accounts, savings accounts, term deposit certificates, and individual retirement accounts; business loans, such as term loans, lines of credit, overdraft lines of credit, HELOC loans, commercial real estate, and multi-use-family loans; and consumer loans, including home equity loans and mortgage loans. It also provides Visa debit cards, bill payment, direct deposit, wire transfer, merchant services, and online banking services. The company was founded by Joseph Pistilli on April 5,1999 and is headquartered in Glen Cove, NY.