Monthly Archives: September 2003

NASHVILLE, Tenn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sept. 15, 2003–The Van Global Hedge Fund Index posted a 1.7% net gain in August, according to Van Hedge Fund Advisors International, Inc. (VAN), a leading hedgefund advisory firm. For year-to-date 2003, the Index has returned 10.8% net […]

NEW YORK (Dow Jones News) – Gasoline futures prices jumped nearly 2 percent Monday on the New York Mercantile Exchange amid growing concern that Hurricane Isabel may strike the East Coast and affectrefinery operations or imports. Crude oil futures fell […]

DOLLY-the-Sheep company PPL Therapeutics shocked the City today by putting itself up for sale with three of its senior directors, led by chief executive Geoff Cook, stepping down immediatelyalongside two non-executive directors. KPMG Corporate Finance is to handle the sale. […]

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sept. 15, 2003–Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP (kaplanfox.com) filed a class action against Janus Capital Group, Inc., Janus Capital Management, LLC., Janus High-YieldFund (JAHYX) and Janus Mercury Fund (JAMRX), in the District Court, City and County of Denver, […]

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NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sept. 15, 2003– Leading Information Providers Sign Bloomberg Professional(R) Service Agreement TheStreet.com, Inc. (Nasdaq:TSCM), a leading multimedia provider of financial commentary, research, analysis and news and Bloomberg, the global financial news and information company, have signed an agreement […]

Sep. 14–Dear Dick, I’m sorry all that lousy publicity made you give up the extra $48 million. But I’m sure you can still make ends meet on the remaining $139.5 million. If you’re looking for a good hedge fund, give […]

IT started as a family affair. But the battle for control of Caledonia Investments, whose interests range from banking to luxury resorts, is now pitting some of the City’s richest and most prominent names against each other and threatening to […]

Sep. 14–MARKET-TIMING ALARM SOUNDS: Insiders and academics have long known that the values assigned to fund shares at daily market closings were faulty. Ordinary investors are learning that othershave gained from their ignorance. Nearly 75 years ago, an ambitious crime-fighter […]

Sep. 14–As they get ready for the arrival of Eurex AG next year, the Chicago Board of Trade and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange are proving the old axiom that the enemy of my enemy is my friend. The CBOT and […]

Allegations against Strong raise questions of trust for investors By KATHLEEN GALLAGHER [email protected], Journal Sentinel Sunday, September 14, 2003 Strong Capital Management Inc. was not the object of New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer’s most damaging allegations of improper trading […]