Bloomberg - Hedge-fund managers including George Soros and Philip Falcone, in an unprecedented appearance before Congress, defended their practices and profits while splitting over whether the U.S. should impose stricter regulations.
"This is not a case where management takes huge bonuses or stock options while the company is failing,” said Falcone, one of five billionaire investors […]

Daily Telegraph - Highbridge Capital Management, which is majority owned by JP Morgan Chase and has $25bn under management, is axing 10 per cent of its New York-based staff and plans cuts in Europe and Asia.
The volatility in global stock markets has savaged the performance of some of the world’s best-known hedge funds, raising […]

New York (HedgeCo.Net) - Activist hedge fund Harbinger Capital might be looking to make some strategic changes to another management team.  They are expected to hold talks with Leap Wireless International, in which they hold a substantial 14.8 percent stake or just over 10 million shares.  The hedge fund is looking to discuss both short-term […]

Telegraph.co.uk - EU data shows that Philip Falcone, the US hedge fund baron who led the assault on HBOS, has sold short €138m (£108m) of Banco Popular’s shares, or 1.65pc of the total float, through his fund Harbinger Capital.
He has short bets of €208m on […]

New York Times - For some hedge funds, Lehman Brothers has become the Roach Motel of Wall Street: They checked in, but they can’t check out.
Two weeks after Lehman spiraled into bankruptcy, hedge funds that did business with the Wall Street bank are still fighting to get their money out of the firm. For some, […]

Bloomberg - Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., the U.S. investment bank holding company that filed the largest bankruptcy in history, faces objections to a proposed $1.75 billion sale of its broker-dealer unit to Barclays Plc.
Hedge fund Harbinger Capital Partners asked a U.S. bankruptcy judge to block the sale unless Lehman immediately discloses cash transfers it made […]

JP Morgan Chase & Co and Citadel Investment Group resumed trading with each other on Friday, one day after the bank had cut off the hedge fund over a hiring dispute, a person familiar with the matter said.
"The dispute has been resolved," a person familiar with the hedge fund said on Friday.
Citadel’s officials could not […]

AP - Chinese steelmaker Sinosteel Corp. has taken control of 98 percent of Midwest Corp. and will proceed with compulsory acquisition of the Australian miner, Midwest said.
In a brief statement Wednesday, Midwest said Sinosteel would recommend de-listing the company from the Australian Securities Exchange. The conclusion of the deal marks the first successful hostile takeover […]

Reuters - Hedge fund Harbinger Capital Partners said it is not pulling out of high-profile investments like The New York Times Co. and Media General Inc., seeking to quell market rumors after their share prices dropped sharply on Monday.
Philip Falcone, who runs the hedge fund, told Reuters that investors […]

Business Week - A hedge fund known for shaking up underperforming companies has increased its stake in Cablevision Systems Corp. to 9.1 percent, according to a regulatory filing Thursday.
Harbinger Capital Partners now owns more than 21 million shares of the diversified cable operator, up from nearly 19 million shares, or 8.1 percent of Class A […]

New York (HedgeCo.Net) - As if trying to secure $6.1 billion in financing to exit bankruptcy isn’t enough of a headache, now Delphi has to deal with counterclaims by hedge fund Appaloosa Management who is demanding that the U.S. auto parts supplier pay them $82.5 million in fees plus expenses.
Appaloosa claims they are entitled to […]

New York (HedgeCo.Net) - Harbinger Capital Partners is no stranger to aggressively seeking strategic changes within companies in which they invest. This month, it’s Harbinger vs. Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. The mining company is urging shareholders to reject a bid by the activist hedge fund that would give them veto power over one of Cleveland-Cliffs […]