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How to Invest in a CD
Even in times of interest rate uncertainty, a certificate of deposit (CD) can still be part of your cash strategy.
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Sony's New Board Considers Dan Loeb's IPO Proposal
WSJ.comTOKYO—Sony Corp. said its newly appointed board of directors will take its time to "appropriately" consider the proposal from U.S. hedge-fund investor Daniel Loeb to list part of its entertainment business as a way to lift the company's ...
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Financier Leon Black Buys $48 Million Raphael Drawing
WSJ.comLONDON—New York financier Leon Black was the mystery buyer of a $47.9 million Raphael drawing auctioned by Sotheby's London last December, according to people familiar with the matter.
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South Korea Fuels a New Entrepreneurial Spirit
WSJ.comSEOUL—When South Korean President Park Geun-hye met Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg this week she praised the social-networking company for "taking on challenges without fear of failure."
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Icahn raises Dell stake, calls for share buyback
MarketWatchCarl Icahn stepped up his bid to take control of Dell Inc., disclosing he has nearly doubled his stake in the ailing PC maker while also calling for the company to launch a $14-a-share tender offer for 1.1 billion shares.
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Saratoga Cuts Indonesia IPO by A Third
WSJ.comAn Indonesian private-equity fund cut the size of its initial public offering by around a third to $151 million, falling victim to the outflows of funds from emerging markets that has beset the region in the past month.
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New Funding Values Fab at Over $1 Billion
WSJ.comTwo-year-old design website Fab is now worth more than $1 billion, thanks to an investment led in part by Chinese Internet conglomerate Tencent Holdings Ltd.
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Newest hotel amenity: In-room rice cooker? How hotels and resorts here are adapting to tastes of Chinese tourists
MarketWatchAs hotels and resorts fall over themselves to cater to the surge in cash-rich Chinese tourists with a taste for luxury goods and silver service, experts say U.S. travelers may also reap the benefits.
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Bain Capital Bids for Fish-Feed Unit of Norway's Cermaq
WSJ.comA pair of private-equity firms jumped into a battle for dominance of Norway's fish industry, making a 6.2 billion Norwegian kroner ($1.08 billion) offer for the fish-feed unit of Cermaq ASA after it rejected advances from Norway rival ...
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VC Dispatch
WSJ.comLolly Wolly DoodleKids' Clothing Maker Skips the Big WarehouseWhile many major retailers outsource apparel manufacturing to developing countries, an American children's apparel upstart is proving that clothing can be made here by leveraging ...
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China Minmetals Considers Rio Tinto Canada Iron-Ore Assets
WSJ.comBEIJING—State-owned Chinese metals giant China Minmetals Corp. is considering a bid for Rio Tinto PLC's Canadian iron-ore operations, Minmetals Assistant President Wang Jionghui said Tuesday.
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Loeb Raises His Sony Stake, Drive for Entertainment IPO
WSJ.comHedge-fund investor Daniel Loeb's firm has boosted its stake in Sony Corp., ratcheting up a campaign to persuade the Japanese electronics company to launch an initial public offering of its entertainment division.
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Carlyle COO Buys Into Secondary Offering
Barrons.comThe investment manager Carlyle Group may currently be down from a recent high, but one insider took the opportunity of a recent secondary offering to buy stock.
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Shipping Firm Takes On U.S. Documents Indicate Private-Equity Owners Were a Concern to Maritime Officials
WSJ.comA U.S. government panel tried to block a fuel-shipping company's bid for a federal loan guarantee in part because panel members were concerned that the company is owned by private-equity firms, according to correspondence made public in a ...
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Investors Avoid Bonds in the East and West; In a Reversal, Foreigners Sell Off U.S. Treasurys
WSJ.comWASHINGTON—Foreign investors sold long-term U.S. Treasurys in record amounts in April, shifting funds into stocks and other assets amid signs that U.S. economic growth and the housing market were picking up.
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J.P. Morgan Will Shed Private-Equity Unit
WSJ.comJ.P. Morgan Chase & Co. said it will shed its private-equity operation, a low-key unit that recently has been hampered by uneven returns and uncertainty about its role within the bank.
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Li Ka-shing Consortium Buys Dutch Waste-Management Firm
WSJ.comCompanies controlled by Li Ka-shing bought a Dutch waste-management company, as the Hong Kong billionaire continued picking up infrastructure assets in developed markets.
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Strong Markets Deal M&A Bankers Unlucky Hand
WSJ.comUntil recently, stock markets have kept investors in high spirits. But in the world of mergers and acquisitions, the champagne hasn't flowed quite so freely.
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Controversy builds over VC fund returns; Commentary: Are venture capitalists worth the risk?
MarketWatchSince the dot-com boom ended more than a decade ago, the conventional wisdom in Silicon Valley is that only the very best venture capital firms are generating investment returns that beat the average annual performance of the public stock ...
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Build a Better Mousetrap—Fast; New facilities let entrepreneurs create physical products at speeds and costs that were once unthinkable
WSJ.comSAN FRANCISCO—For entrepreneurs who prefer creating things in a wood shop rather than on the Web, the tools to turn their ideas into real products have never been closer at hand.
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Tongyang Is Front-Runner to Buy ING Unit
WSJ.comSEOUL—Tongyang Life Insurance Co. is the front-runner in the bidding for ING Groep N.V.'s Korean life-insurance subsidiary, in a deal that could raise more than 2 trillion won ($1.77 billion) for the Dutch bank, a person familiar with the ...
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Terra Firma Seeks Home Improvement
WSJ.comBeing last to market is rarely desirable.Terra Firma, the U.K. investor, plans to sell a 25% stake in Germany's largest residential-property company by number of apartments, Deutsche Annington, via a listing in early July. That will make it ...
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For Private Equity, a Door to Deals Opens in China
WSJ.comPrivate-equity investors, long shut out from getting controlling stakes in Chinese companies, are beginning to find mainland entrepreneurs increasingly amenable to outside help.
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Del Monte Canned-Food Business Is Up for Sale
WSJ.comDel Monte Corp. is exploring a sale of the canned-food business that made it a household name, said people familiar with the matter, as the company increasingly focuses on products for dogs and cats.
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National Envelope Files for Bankruptcy Protection
WSJ.comIn the age of email, an envelope company is trying not to fold.The holding company for closely held National Envelope filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday, its second such filing in three years.
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Cities Hunt for Startup Magic; Entrepreneurial Culture Seen as Growth Key; $100 Million Seed Fund in St. Louis
WSJ.comST. LOUIS—This city, which sponsored Charles Lindbergh's flight across the Atlantic and served as the starting point for Lewis and Clark's westward expedition, is trying to recapture its risk-taking spirit.
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Pickles and Cheese Puffs? B&G Snags Pirate's Booty
WSJ.comB&G Foods Inc. is putting its treasure into pirates.The grocery-brand conglomerate is paying $195 million to buy the maker of Pirate's Booty, a popular rice and corn snack flavored with cheddar cheese.
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What's the Alternative?
Barrons.comCorrection: A previous version of this story misidentified the amount that those polled by Natixis Global Management intended to allocate to domestic stocks.
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Springleaf Talks With Banks About IPO
WSJ.comSubprime lender Springleaf Finance Corp. is in discussions with banks about a possible initial public offering, as roaring markets and a budding U.S. economic turnaround give new life to some companies once on the brink.
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Advisers Line Up in Detroit
WSJ.comAs Detroit's emergency manager prepares to host a meeting of the city's creditors Friday, a Who's Who of bankruptcy lawyers, accountants and consultants are signing up to be a part of high-stakes negotiations that could lead to the U.S.'s ...
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Canadian Funds Team Up to Buy European Cinema Chain
WSJ.comTORONTO—Two of Canada's biggest pension funds on Monday agreed to buy a controlling interest in closely held European cinema operator Vue Entertainment Ltd., in a deal valued at £935 million ($1.45 billion).
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The Experts: How Much Should You Invest Abroad?
WSJ.comWhat percentage of portfolios should consist of non-U.S. investments? The Wall Street Journal put this question to The Experts, an exclusive group of industry, academic and other thought leaders who engage in in-depth online discussions of ...
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Carlyle Hopes to Raise Up to $4 Billion Real-Estate Fund
WSJ.comCarlyle Group, coming off a series of recent high-profile sales, is preparing to launch a multi-billion dollar real-estate fund, say people familiar with the matter.
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J.P. Morgan lets go of its private side; Commentary: Is J.P Morgan playing by the rules or making its own?
MarketWatchSAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — The Volcker Rule has three core restrictions: proprietary trading, hedge fund activity and private equity.So, it made sense that J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. would announce a spin off of One Equity Partners, ...
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Springer Science Owners Opt for IPO Over Sale
WSJ.comThe owners of German academic publisher Springer Science + Business Media have decided to float a stake in the company instead of selling it to private-equity firm BC Partners.
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Debt Makes Comeback in Buyouts
WSJ.comShareholders in BMC Software Inc. will receive $6.9 billion to sell the corporate-software developer to a group of private-equity firms. But the buyers, led by Bain Capital LLC and Golden Gate Capital, only intend to pay $1.25 billion in ...
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MBIA Loses Suit Over Crisis-Era Bond Deal; Tilton's Patriarch Partners Didn't Breach Contract by Failing to Get Investment-Grade Rating, Judge Says
WSJ.comPrivate-equity executive Lynn Tilton won a financial-crisis era lawsuit filed by MBIA Inc. over a disputed bond deal.In the decision, filed Monday, U.S. Judge Robert W. Sweet for New York's Southern District called the financier a ...
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Spanish Gambling Giant to Get Refinancing Deal
WSJ.comMADRID—Codere SA, one of Spain's largest gambling companies, said it agreed to give two U.S. asset managers a piece of its debt held by existing creditors, allowing it to secure a refinancing deal.
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Siemens Eyes Network Deal; Telecom-Gear Venture With Nokia Is Shopped to Possible Private-Equity Buyers
WSJ.comGermany's Siemens AG is sounding out private-equity firms about possibly buying its telecommunications-equipment joint venture with Nokia Corp., according to people familiar with the matter.
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DAN YU; Look Beyond the 529 Plan for College Savings
WSJ.comMany people rely on 529 plans to save for college tuition, but they aren't always a one-stop solution.I tell my clients it's best to start contributing to a 529 plan when children are very young in order to maximize the benefit of tax-free, ...
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Record Muni Bankruptcy Nears End; Jefferson County's Creditors Agree to Forgive $1.2 Billion of Debt; Hedge Funds Stand to Profit in Deal
WSJ.comA big bet by hedge funds and private-equity groups on the largest municipal failure in U.S. history is close to paying off after a deal on Tuesday that should enable Jefferson County, Ala., to exit bankruptcy.
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U.S. Stocks Weather a Storm; Dow Moves Up Despite Another Big Down Day in Japan; Bank, Tech Shares Win
WSJ.comU.S. stocks sat out a market rout in Tokyo for the third time in just over a week, shrugging off mixed economic data at home to notch a modest advance.
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In Buyout Wars, Many Investors Double-Dip
WSJ.comBlackstone Group LP backed out of the bidding for Dell Inc. last month. Yet many of the buyout firm's investors still are part of the tussle.
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Neiman Marcus Earnings Rise on Higher Sales
WSJ.comNeiman Marcus Group Inc.'s fiscal third-quarter earnings rose 13% as the high-end department-store operator reported continued sales growth.
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Haitong to Launch Buyout Funds
WSJ.comSHANGHAI—Haitong Securities Co.'s private-equity arm plans to launch its first yuan- and dollar-denominated funds focused on buyouts, aiming to raise more than $526 million to take controlling stakes in consumer goods and services ...
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Patent Firm Sues J.P. Morgan
WSJ.comA patent-holding firm has filed a lawsuit against J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., alleging the bank's credit-card processing software infringed its technology.
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Arbitration Award Forces Allied Beacon Out of Business
WSJ.comNEW YORK--A $1.6 million arbitration award against brokerage Allied Beacon Partners Inc. has forced the Richmond, Va.-based firm out of business.
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Petraeus signs up with KKR private-equity firm
MarketWatchDavid Petraeus, the former U.S. Army general who resigned last year as Central Intelligence Agency chief, is rebooting his career with KKR & Co., the giant private-equity firm.
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New Indictment Against SAC Ex-Trader Weighed
WSJ.comProsecutors may file a new criminal indictment against a former SAC Capital Advisors LP trader already facing insider-trading charges, a federal court was told on Wednesday.
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Intel to Invest $100 Million in Voice, Gesture Technologies
WSJ.comTAIPEI—Intel Capital, the global investment arm of chipmaker Intel Corp., is setting up a $100 million fund to invest in "perceptual" computing technologies like voice and gesture control, company executives said.
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Takeover Bids for Billabong Collapse
WSJ.comSYDNEY—Australian surfwear brand Billabong International Ltd. was moving urgently to raise new funds, including by selling assets, after takeover talks with two private-equity bidders collapsed and it cut its earnings outlook again.
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SAC Is Hit With Demand for Fund Withdrawal
WSJ.comAn institutional investor has asked for its money back from SAC Capital Advisors LP, the hedge-fund firm at the center of a government investigation into insider trading.
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Beyond .Com: GoDaddy Gets Ready for New Domains
WSJ.comFor the first time in more than a decade, hundreds of new Web domains—which appear after a website's name, such as .com and .org—are slated to start rolling out this year.
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Recusals Likely for SEC's New Top Cop
WSJ.comAndrew Ceresney was picked as the Securities and Exchange Commission's new co-chief of enforcement partly because of his experience defending Wall Street in government investigations. Now, the agency has to work through the conflicts ...
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Cerberus Boosts Seibu Stake but Misses Goal
WSJ.comU.S. private-equity giant Cerberus Capital Management LP said it boosted its stake to just over 35% in Japan's Seibu Holdings Inc. through a hostile tender offer, falling short of its aim to build a roughly 44% share of the Japanese ...
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Everyman’s hedge funds aren’t worth it; Commentary: Funds of hedge funds have a dismal record
MarketWatchHedge funds — traditionally the province of wealthy investors — are increasingly available to the public via mutual funds that invest in hedge funds or follow hedge-fund-like strategies.
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Blackstone Weighs Bigger SAC Withdrawal
WSJ.comMonday's deadline for clients of SAC Capital Advisors LP to say whether they want money back from the hedge-fund firm is turning into an even bigger cliffhanger.
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Goldman Sachs Invests in India Wind-Power Firm
WSJ.comMUMBAI--Goldman Sachs Group Inc Wednesday said its private-equity unit has increased its investment in an Indian wind-energy producer, its third investment in the South Asian nation in a month.
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Japan's Market Has Bulls Reeling
WSJ.comAt a hedge-fund conference in Las Vegas last month, Michael Novogratz, a principal at New York's Fortress Investment Group, called Japan "the most exciting place to invest in the world."
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Knocking the Knockoffs
Barrons.comHedge funds' hefty management fees tend to come with an implicit promise: We're worth the extra cost. But the strategies some are calling the "poor man's hedge fund" lately have been beating the average hedge fund at a far lower cost, and ...
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Novartis, German Billionaire Mull LTS Sale
WSJ.comSwitzerland's Novartis AG, German billionaire Dietmar Hopp and German holding company BWK are considering selling their contract manufacturing joint venture LTS Lohmann in a deal that could fetch between €1 billion and €1.4 billion ($1.3 ...
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Coty Comes Out: Scent of Success?
Barrons.comReview | Dates to Watch For | Follow-Up | U.S. Economic Calendar | Consensus Estimates | Coming Earnings | Coming U.S. AuctionsNew York perfumery Coty comes public this week, offering up to 57 million A shares for an average $17.50 each, ...
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Plots & Ploys: Industry Talk Turns to Rising Interest Rates
WSJ.comBreaking NewsFrom WSJ.com'sDevelopments BlogInteresting RatesOne big issue is looming in the background this week as hundreds of real-estate executives gather in Chicago for an industry convention: rising interest rates.
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Cerberus Capital Battles With Japan's Seibu
WSJ.comWhen Seibu Railway Co. needed cash back in 2005, the problem-plagued Japanese conglomerate turned to U.S. private-equity giant Cerberus Capital Management LP. One of the deal clinchers: The Americans said they wanted to help management, not ...
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The Hedge-Fund Investment Puzzle; If hedge funds are as bad as the headlines would have us believe, why do sophisticated institutions keep investing in them?
WSJ.comAnyone glimpsing headlines lately knows that hedge funds are accused of causing the Cooper Union college endowment to fail, are underperforming and overcharging, and are riddled with lawbreaking traders. So here's a puzzle: Why do ...
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Paulson: All That Glitters Isn't Gold
WSJ.comJohn Paulson has a message for investors: Stop paying so much attention to my gold bets.Mr. Paulson, the billionaire hedge-fund manager who has been one of the most bullish investors in the precious metal and suffered deep losses as a ...
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CVC Plans IPO for Link Net
WSJ.comSINGAPORE—Private-equity firm CVC Capital Partners seeks to raise as much as $200 million this year from an initial public offering of PT Link Net, an Indonesian broadband and cable-TV operator , people with knowledge of the deal said ...
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Terra Firma Gets New Trial In Citi Suit Over EMI Deal
WSJ.comTerra Firma Capital Partners LP won a new trial Friday over its claims that it was deceived by Citigroup Inc. into bidding for British music company EMI Group PLC.
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Mr. Clean Tech Won't Back Down
WSJ.comWhen renewable-fuels company KiOR Inc. raised money in March, it didn't tap the stock market, where it has faced a rocky reception since going public in 2011. KiOR turned instead to its earliest investor: billionaire venture capitalist ...
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Dell Shareholders Urged to Vote No by Icahn
WSJ.comCarl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management Inc. formally urged other Dell Inc. shareholders to vote against a proposed $24.4 billion buyout of the PC maker.
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The 100% Stock Solution
WSJ.comMost investors hold a mix of stocks and bonds, hoping for both growth and safety. Then there are people like Daniel White.The 36-year-old Chicago lawyer keeps all his investments in the stock market. His 401(k) plan is invested in equities, ...
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Blackstone Venture to Buy Brazilian Developer
WSJ.comBlackstone Group and a partner agreed to acquire a controlling stake in Alphaville Urbanismo, a Brazilian high-end residential developer, as the New York private-equity firm expands its global reach, according to people familiar with the ...
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Dell to Offer Tablet-Like Laptop
WSJ.comTAIPEI—Dell Inc. plans to launch by the year-end holiday season an 11.6-inch Windows 8 laptop that can be used as a tablet, as it expands its mobile offerings.
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EBay Forms Partnership With India's Snapdeal
WSJ.comEBay Inc. is looking to India to accelerate its growth.The e-commerce giant is leading a $50 million investment in three-year-old Indian competitor Snapdeal.com that also includes a multiyear commercial partnership with the fast-growing ...
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Neiman Rebuffed Saks Merger Proposal Involving KKR
WSJ.comNeiman Marcus Group Inc. spurned a recent proposal in which buyout firm KKR & Co. would invest in Saks Inc. and the two luxury retailers would merge, said people familiar with the matter.
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By Joe Light; Can You Trust Private-Equity Returns?
WSJ.comIn the best of times, the true value of a private-equity fund is a mystery. At other times, the value might be manipulated to entice prospective investors, according to new research.
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Investor Ackman to Cut Canadian Pacific Stake
WSJ.comTORONTO—New York hedge-fund manager Bill Ackman is selling up to 29% of his stake in Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. a year after winning a high-profile proxy fight to install a new chief executive at the railroad.
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Caesars's Lenders Ready Push to Modify Loans
WSJ.comHedge funds holding chunks of Caesars Entertainment Corp. debt are forming a group in hopes of renegotiating loan terms with the casino giant.
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Glencore, Blackstone Eye a Rio Tinto Ore Business
WSJ.comCommodities giant Glencore Xstrata PLC and private-equity firm Blackstone Group LP are among the suitors circling the Canadian iron ore operations that Rio Tinto PLC has put on the block, according to people familiar with the matter.
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For Some People, Investing Is an Adventure. Literally. Chip Feiss doesn't want others to pick which foreign stocks to buy. He's determined to get on a plane and find them himself.
WSJ.comBrokerage firms and fund companies make it easier than ever for U.S. investors to add international exposure to their portfolios.Some would say too easy. Boring even.
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$1.3 Billion Deal Reached for New York Building
WSJ.comA venture of Crown Acquisitions and Highgate has reached a deal to buy a 27-story office and retail tower near Central Park in Manhattan for $1.3 billion, the most paid for a Manhattan commercial property in more than two years.
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SAC Flap Is Liable to Hit Wall Street
WSJ.comThe fate of SAC Capital Advisors LP is a $1 billion question on Wall Street.That figure is an estimate of how much the hedge-fund giant generates annually in trading commissions, financing fees and an array of other payouts to banks and ...
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Dell Sets July 18 for Buyout Vote
WSJ.comDell Inc. set a July 18 vote on its $24.4 billion attempted buyout, setting up a formal fight over the controversial deal.Dell on Friday filed a final version of a document with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission laying out the ...
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Rengan Rajaratnam Holding Plea Talks
WSJ.comThe younger brother of convicted insider trader Raj Rajaratnam is in plea talks with the government over his own charges, according to a court filing Monday.
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Petraeus Reboots With Private-Equity Giant
WSJ.comDavid Petraeus, the former U.S. Army general who resigned last year as Central Intelligence Agency chief, is rebooting his career with KKR & Co., the giant private-equity firm.
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Health-care startups see an Obama bump; Affordable Care Act provisions spark a tech and app gold rush
MarketWatchFor all the companies and pundits worrying that President Obama’s health-care overhaul will be bad for business, there may be at least as many entrepreneurs who see the law as a gold rush.
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Public Service to Private Equity; See photos of some of the longtime government insiders that have joined the private-equity industry.
WSJ.comFormer general and CIA chief David Petraeus is joining KKR & Co.Other longtime government insiders who have joined private-equity firms include Newt Gingrich, former speaker of the House.
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Dell Buyout Battle Approaches Heated Phase
WSJ.comThe battle for control of Dell Inc. is about to move into a new, heated phase, when the company and the group trying to buy it will for the first time be able to press their case directly to shareholders.
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Ray Lane Signs Deal to Pay $100 Million Tax Bill
WSJ.comRay Lane, the prominent technology investor and former chairman of Hewlett-Packard Co., is facing a tax bill of up to $100 million stemming from his investments during the dotcom-boom era.
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Sony CEO Defends Against Breakup
WSJ.comRANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif.—Sony Corp. Chief Executive Kazuo Hirai on Thursday defended the company's ownership of an electronics-gear business and entertainment operations under one roof—a corporate mix that has come under assault from ...
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Dell Committee Says Icahn Proposal Is Nearly $4 Billion Short
WSJ.comDell Inc. directors and their advisers plan to tell stockholders a proposed alternative to the PC maker's controversial buyout deal isn't financially feasible without nearly $4 billion more in financing.
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Score! Web Sports Retailer Fanatics Inc.Tops $3 Billion Valuation
WSJ.comOne online retailer has quietly grown into one of America's largest Web merchants by carving out a lucrative niche: sports apparel.The company, Fanatics Inc., this week raised $170 million in a new funding round. That more than doubles the ...
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Hedge Funds Are Hardly a Panacea
WSJ.comI fear that The Wall Street Journal's opinion piece by hedge-fund specialist Bob Rice ("The Hedge-Fund Investment Puzzle," June 1) conceals more than it reveals.
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Corrections & Amplifications
WSJ.comA photo that accompanied a World News article on Saturday about Turkish protests showed a Turkish police officer spraying protesters with pepper spray. The caption incorrectly said the officer used a water cannon.
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What's News: Business & Finance
WSJ.comAn energy boom in the U.S. is deepening splits within OPEC, threatening to drive a wedge between African and Arab members as the cartel grapples with a revolution in oil trade.
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Yahoo! Shells Out $1.1 Billion in Must-Buy Deal for Tumblr
Barrons.comInvestors' jaws dropped when they heard last week that a 26-year-old high school dropout from New York was getting a $1 billion payday from Yahoo! for Tumblr, a company with de minimis revenue and no profit.
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Cues From Cooperman
Barrons.comLeon Cooperman has never been afraid to blow his stack. In fact, his volcanic tendencies are so well known on Wall Street that almost no one was fooled when the late Barton Biggs, Morgan Stanley's longtime market strategist, introduced a ...
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Rue21 Agrees to $1.1 Billion Buyout by Apax
WSJ.comRue21 Inc. said it has agreed to be acquired by private-equity firm Apax Partners for $1.1 billion, as the teen-apparel retailer also issued a downbeat report on its latest quarter.
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Energy stocks fall, Hess among top losers; Hess offers Elliott three board spots, ending proxy fight
MarketWatchSAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Energy stocks traded lower Thursday, with Hess Corp. among the top decliners as it ended a proxy fight with activist shareholder Elliott Management.
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Private-Equity Firms Build Instead of Buy
WSJ.comBUJAGALI, Uganda—A new dam at the headwaters of the White Nile, nearly 20 years in the making, generates almost half of this East African country's electricity.
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Man vs. Machine: The Great Stock Showdown
WSJ.comIt has always been difficult for investors to consistently beat index funds. It has been nearly impossible lately.And there's a double whammy: The small number of advisers who outperform the market rarely can keep doing so.
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How to Invest in a CD
Even in times of interest rate uncertainty, a certificate of deposit (CD) can still be part of your cash strategy.