Surprise-surprise?

Sooooo..... HERE WE GO!!!

1. Fed Acts to Rescue Financial Markets
2. JPMorgan Acts to Buy Ailing Bear Stearns at Huge Discount

Here's a riddle for you. What is the connection between these two events? (And also many more similar events stemming from the first one)? And also this one? I know someone who could explain this better than me, so I'm going to wait for his comment. ;-)