NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dec. 15, 2003–The Board of Directors of The Bear Stearns Companies Inc. declared a quarterly cash dividend of 68.75 cents per share on the outstanding shares of AdjustableRate Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series A, payable January 15, 2004 to […]

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dec. 15, 2003–The Board of Directors of The Bear Stearns Companies Inc. declared a quarterly cash dividend of 68.75 cents per share on the outstanding shares of AdjustableRate Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series A, payable January 15, 2004 to […]

Natural gas prices in the United States have surged nearly 50 percent in the past two weeks despite an apparent lack of events that normally create such spikes, like tight supplies or forecasts ofunusually cold weather. The frenzied climb in […]

NEW YORK (AP) – Crude futures prices settled slightly higher Monday on the New York Mercantile Exchange, sending the clear message that even Saddam Hussein’s capture couldn’t quell its determinationto move higher. Ahead of the day’s trade, market participants roundly […]

WINDSOR, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dec. 15, 2003–SS&C Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: SSNC) today announced that it has acquired Amicorp Group’s fund administration line of business for $1.8 millionin cash and the assumption of certain liabilities. The fund administration business, to be named SS&C […]

ATLANTA (HedgeCo.Net)-The Asia-Pacific fund market had a pretty good year in 2003, as the overall global economic conditions improved following the World Trade Center terrorist attacks in New YorkCity, managed assets in the region continued to grow from 2002 levels. […]

Dec. 15–Not so long ago, steelmakers were serving up apocalyptic visions of what would happen if the import penalties were lifted too soon. Their credibility has been called into question by a stock market that’s craving steel stocks. Analysts say […]

WINDSOR, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dec. 15, 2003–SS&C Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: SSNC) today announced that it has acquired Amicorp Group’s fund administration line of business for $1.8 millionin cash and the assumption of certain liabilities. The fund administration business, to be named SS&C […]

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dec. 15, 2003–The Board of Directors of The Bear Stearns Companies Inc. declared a quarterly cash dividend of 68.75 cents per share on the outstanding shares of AdjustableRate Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series A, payable January 15, 2004 to […]

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dec. 15, 2003–The Bear Stearns Companies Inc. (NYSE:BSC), today announced that it has called for redemption all of its outstanding Adjustable Rate Cumulative PreferredStock, Series A (NYSE: BSC PrA, CUSIP No. 073902207) (the “Series A Preferred Stock”), for […]

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dec. 15, 2003–James Cable, LLC announced today the completion of its reorganization plan under which GoldenTree Asset Management has become the Company’s largest equityholder, holding approximately 72% of the outstanding equity. James Cable Partners, L.P. and its wholly […]

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dec. 15, 2003–UNX, Inc., the market structure experts, announced today that it has connected to CAES(SM), the NASDAQ(R) Computer Assisted Execution System(SM). Using UNX’sproprietary smart order routing algorithms to access CAES offers buy-side institutional investors and hedge funds […]