Tag Archives: ownership-stake


Harbinger Capital Takes Position in Zapata

June 23, 2009 : Permalink

Seeking Alpha – In a 13D filing with the SEC, Harbinger Capital Partners has revealed a new position in Zapata Corporation due to activity on June 17th, 2009. This is a brand new position for the hedge fund and it […]

Lone Pine Reveals Smithfield Foods Holdings

June 23, 2009 : Permalink

Seeking Alpha – In a 13G filing made with the SEC due to activity on June 9th, 2009, Lone Pine Capital has disclosed a 7.7% ownership stake in Smithfield Foods (SFD). This is a brand new position for Stephen Mandel’s […]

Obama readies stricter rules on financial institutions

June 15, 2009 : Permalink

Detroit News – President Barack Obama is ready to roll out an overhaul of the intricate rules and systems that govern America’s troubled financial institutions, proposing the most ambitious revision since the Great Depression. The goal is to prevent a […]

Paulson & Co Hedge Fund Files 13G on anglogold Ashanti

June 3, 2009 : Permalink

Seeking Alpha – While John Paulson’s position in AngloGold Ashanti (AU) is no secret, his hedge fund has just filed a 13G with the SEC with regard to the position. Paulson & Co has disclosed a 12.1% ownership stake in […]

Chrysler Talks Stall as Banks Balk at Trading Loans for Equity

March 3, 2009 : Permalink

Bloomberg – Chrysler LLC, needing lender concessions by March 31, isn’t negotiating with its banks because it can’t persuade them to discuss trading loans for uncertain equity, people familiar with the companies’ actions say. Chrysler must reduce its debt by […]

Hedge fund sheds Sonesta shares

February 24, 2009 : Permalink

Bizjournals.com – After watching Sonesta International Hotels Corp. lose roughly 70 percent of its stock market value over the past 18 months, a Connecticut hedge fund has shed roughly a third of its holdings in the Massachusetts-based hotel operator. In […]

Pasternak Cleared of SEC Trading-Fraud Allegations

June 13, 2008 : Permalink

Wall Street Journal- A federal judge said the Securities and Exchange Commission didn’t prove that former Knight Equity Markets chief Kenneth Pasternak defrauded the firm’s clients. In an oral opinion Thursday, U.S. District Court Judge Joel Pisano said that witness […]