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Yahoo Stock Shoots Up After Carl Icahn Raises His Stake
eBrandz – In a move expected to fuel speculation over Yahoo Inc.’s search for a new chief executive — Corporate raider and billionaire investor Carl Icahn augmented his stake in Yahoo, has bought up close to 7 million additional shares […]
Pacificor Hedge Fund Faces Lawsuit
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – The hedge fund formerly run by the late Michael Klein has been sued by two individuals who owned a mortgage lending business in which the fund had a stake. John and Kitty Gaiser are suing California-based […]
AdultVest Closes Offering on Priapus, Says Fund on Track for the Year
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Alternative investment management firm and Hedge Fund Launch of the Year Award Winner, AdultVest, Inc., announced it officially closed its offering in the Priapus Investment Fund, LLC. "In spite of the US and Global economic […]
Crunch halts production of independent films
Chicago Tribune – The credit crunch and global economic recession have squeezed many independent filmmakers, who were already struggling from a glut of films and a shortage of funds even before the global economy went into a tailspin last month. […]
Ex-Intel techie accused of $1 bn theft
Economic Times – A former Intel Corp engineer has been charged with stealing trade secrets worth $1 billion from the chip maker while he worked for Advanced Micro Devices Inc. Federal prosecutors in Massachusetts alleged this week in a five-count […]
Ratings downgrade hits Hollywood investors
Reuters – A largely unnoticed ratings downgrade on a slate of Paramount Pictures movies backed by hedge-fund money offers rare proof that such innovative packages have proved to be wobbly investments. The Melrose I fund, established in 2004, was cut […]
Waxman backs more regulation of hedge funds, rating companies
Tehran Times – "We do have to have much more government oversight and involvement than we’ve seen in the last decade or so,” said Waxman, a California Democrat. “A lot of people didn’t either know what they were getting into […]
Wall Street layoffs could surpass 200000
Los Angeles Times – Traders and investment bankers might have more to worry about than dwindling bonus pools this year as mass firings on Wall Street are set to hit a record. The fallout from this year’s global credit crisis […]
Andrew Lahde says goodbye to hedge funds
First Post – There’s no doubt which was the most popular reading material in the blogosphere this weekend – the extraordinary ‘farewell letter’ from Andrew Lahde, one of the most successful hedge fund manager in the world, who has said […]
California Hedge Fund Manager Charged with “Porfolio Pumping”
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – The Securities and Exchange Commission charged San Francisco-based MedCap Management & Research LLC and its principal Charles Frederick Toney, Jr. with defrauding investors via “portfolio pumping.” “Fund investors relied on MMR and Toney to abide by […]
L.A. follows its own script
One of the pleasures of flying out of Newark — and there are so many — is the epic view of Manhattan, that soaring bulwark of affluence and might just off the coast of America. But on Friday, when we pulled […]
$200 Million Designated to Alternative Investments by Chicago Media Company
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Noci Pictures Entertainment a Chicago and Los Angeles film production and structured finance company thinks it may have the answer and its own opportunity with its $100 million dollar international tax advantaged structured film deal […]
