3/14/08: Date investment bank Bear Stearns announced it needed emergency funding

$84: Book value of one Bear Stearns share

$30: Price of one share on Friday

$2: Price per share paid by JPMorgan to buy Bear Stearns for $236 million

$1.2 billion: Cost of the company’s new headquarters on Madison Avenue

Sources: www.wsj.com; www.cnn.com