: PacWest Bancorp, Western Alliance stocks post steep losses in wake of First Republic deal

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Regional bank stocks are moving deeply into the red on Tuesday after JPMorgan Chase & Co. said early Monday it’s acquiring First Republic Bank in a move to shore up confidence in the U.S. banking system.

Meanwhile, Morgan Stanley MS is reportedly planning to lay off 3,000 workers as a lack of deal-making impacts the investment banking industry.

While…