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		<title>Adaptec says Steel Partners would gut company</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:55:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reuters &#8211; Adaptec Inc, target of a proxy war led by Warren Lichtenstein&#8217;s Steel Partners, said on Tuesday the activist hedge fund wants to gut the data storage technology company, shed assets and create an acquisition vehicle fueled by Adaptec&#8217;s stash of cash. More than three weeks after Lichtenstein began soliciting shareholder votes to remove [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Investors eye top startups as IPO market awakens</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:48:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reuters &#8211; Investors, encouraged by a growing number of acquisitions and public floats in the past few months, are keeping a close eye on a coterie of promising startups in Silicon Valley. An informal poll of venture capitalists and others pointed to six privately held companies as the ripest for acquisition or readiness to go [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Investors eye top startups as IPO market awakens</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Market Chatter &#8212; Corporate finance press digest</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reuters &#8211; The following corporate finance-related stories were reported by media on Friday: * Fortress Investment Group, among the largest private equity and hedge fund firms, is looking to go on an acquisition drive, the Financial Times said, citing a memo passed to Fortress staff. [ID:nBNG147186] * Spain&#8217;s Cosmen family and private equity group CVC [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hedge funds ready to hang up on TDC</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Copenhagen Post &#8211; The largest business deal in the country?s history could turn into a stock market selloff by the five capital funds that purchased telecommunications company TDC for a record sum in 2006. The largest business deal in the country&#8217;s history could turn into a stock market selloff by the five capital funds that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lawmaker accuses Fed of &#8216;over-up&#8217;  in BofA deal</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reuters &#8211; The Federal Reserve sought to hide its involvement in Bank of America Corp&#8216;s (BAC.N) acquisition of Merrill Lynch as Merrill&#8217;s financial condition worsened, the top Republican on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee said on Wednesday. The Fed &#34;engaged in a cover-up and deliberately hid concerns and pertinent details regarding the merger [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Calpers to expand private-equity, VC investments</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reuters &#8211; The California Public Employees&#8217; Retirement System (Calpers), which manages $169 billion in public pension funds, may boost its private-equity investments by around 40 percent as slumping markets create some acquisition bargains. Calpers&#8217; board next week is scheduled to vote on a plan that would increase the fund&#8217;s target for corporate buyout and venture-capital [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pearl chief Hugh Osmond pays price for capital boost and debt cut</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Times Online &#8211; Hugh Osmond is sitting on a multimillion-pound paper loss after his Pearl Group life assurer agreed a deal to trim its &#163;3 billion debt burden and bring in new equity investors. Pearl secured a &#163;500 million injection from Liberty Acquisition Holdings, a company controlled by two New York-based investors, one of whom [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Et-China soars after Kuoni buys hedge fund&#8217;s 31.8 pct stake in company</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Proactive Investors UK &#8211; Shares in Et-china.com International Holdings LTD (AIM: ETC) got an enormous boost today from news that Kuoni Travel Holding Ltd has bought the 31.8 percent stake in the company that was held by hedge fund Gandhara Master Fund Ltd. Financiasl details were not disclosed At mid-morning, Et-China was trading up nearly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Glaxo to buy Stiefel Labs for up to $3.6 billion</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reuters UK &#8211; GlaxoSmithKline Plc, the world&#8217;s second-largest drugmaker, has agreed to buy privately owned U.S. skincare specialist Stiefel Laboratories Inc for up to $3.6 billion, the two companies said on Monday. The acquisition is the latest in a string of deals in the drugs sector, but is significantly smaller than recent mega-mergers, reflecting the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Private equity firm takes 40% stake in Panmure</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ShareCast &#8211; Private equity group BlueGem is to take a 40% stake in stockbroker Panmure Gordon in a move that will inject &#163;17.3m of capital into the broker.Panmure Gordon has placed 72m new shares with BlueGem at 24p per share. The acquisition of the stake represents BlueGem&#8217;s fourth investment and its first in the financial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UPDATE 1-Pamplona buys bankrupt auto supplier TMD Friction</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reuters &#8211; TMD Friction, a bankrupt German maker of brake pads for the auto industry, has been bought by private equity firm Pamplona Capital Management, TMD said on Friday. Both sides declined to comment on the sale price. The acquisition will safeguard 3,800 jobs worldwide, TMD said. &#34;I&#8217;m delighted to be partnering with Pamplona who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asian finance firms are more optimistic on acquisitions</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The China Post &#8211; Asia-Pacific banks, brokerages, insurers and private equity firms are more optimistic about mergers and acquisitions as they seek to expand following a decline in asset prices, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. About 42 percent of financial institutions in the region expect to make an acquisition over the next year, compared with 38 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mathewson hedge fund profits from ABN takeover</title>
		<link>http://www.hedgeco.net/news/02/2009/mathewson-hedge-fund-profits-from-abn-takeover.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Herald &#8211; Toscafund, the hedge fund that was a catalyst for the sale of ABN Amro, made &#163;158m profit in 2007 when Royal Bank of Scotland led the disastrous &#163;49bn acquisition of the Dutch bank. The investment firm, whose holding company is chaired by former Royal Bank chief Sir George Mathewson, enjoyed a spectacular [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Hedge Fund Gambles on Death</title>
		<link>http://www.hedgeco.net/news/02/2009/a-hedge-fund-gambles-on-death.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.hedgeco.net/news/02/2009/a-hedge-fund-gambles-on-death.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BusinessWeek &#8211; The market for exotic securities hasn&#8217;t entirely gone away. It&#8217;s just gone underground&#8212;-six feet under, to be precise. Hedge fund Davidson Kempner Capital Management is plunging into life settlements&#8212;a market in which speculators buy-up unwanted life insurance policies from wealthy individuals looking to score some quick cash. The $10 billion New York-based fund [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eastbourne Proposes Amylin Directors, Backs Icahn</title>
		<link>http://www.hedgeco.net/news/02/2009/eastbourne-proposes-amylin-directors-backs-icahn.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.hedgeco.net/news/02/2009/eastbourne-proposes-amylin-directors-backs-icahn.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bloomberg &#8211; Hedge fund Eastbourne Capital Management LLC nominated five directors to the board of Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc. and is supporting a slate put forward by investor Carl Icahn, after it &#8220;lost confidence&#8221; in leadership of the maker of the Byetta diabetes drug. Eastbourne, which owns 12.5 percent of San Diego-based Amylin, said in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bank of America Receives $138 Billion of Rescue Funds</title>
		<link>http://www.hedgeco.net/news/01/2009/bank-of-america-receives-138-billion-of-rescue-funds.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bloomberg &#8211; Bank of America Corp., the largest U.S. bank by assets, received a $138 billion emergency lifeline from the government to support its acquisition of Merrill Lynch &#38; Co. and prevent the global financial crisis from deepening. The U.S. will invest $20 billion in Bank of America and guarantee $118 billion of assets &#8220;as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deephaven Freezes Multistrategy Hedge Fund to Avoid Asset Sales</title>
		<link>http://www.hedgeco.net/news/10/2008/deephaven-freezes-multistrategy-hedge-fund-to-avoid-asset-sales.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bloomberg &#8211; Deephaven Capital Management LLC, the hedge-fund unit of stockbroker Knight Capital Group Inc., froze a $1.6 billion fund after investors asked to get back 30 percent of their money. Withdrawals from the Deephaven Global Multistrategy Fund were suspended so managers wouldn&#8217;t be forced to sell assets in falling stock and debt markets, the [...]]]></description>
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