Later, Alan "Ace" Greenberg, the 79-year-old chairman of Bear Stearns's executive committee, observed that the public "was told today that Long-Term Capital had America on the precipice, ruined America, ruined the financials," Greenberg said. "Nonsense. It never was even close."<ref>http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&refer=home&sid=a2mbR8rPyzto</ref> | Later, Alan "Ace" Greenberg, the 79-year-old chairman of Bear Stearns's executive committee, observed that the public "was told today that Long-Term Capital had America on the precipice, ruined America, ruined the financials," Greenberg said. "Nonsense. It never was even close."<ref>http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&refer=home&sid=a2mbR8rPyzto</ref> |