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Mon 04 Apr 2007Bear Stearns' Irish profit falls 25%Profits at the Irish arm of US-based investment bank and securities dealer, Bear Stearns, dropped 25 per cent to $30 million (€22 million) last year.And returns lodged by Bear Stearns Ireland Ltd show that derivative trading drove a 150 per cent growth in its assets to $36 billion.