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Crosby Resigns From Bridgepoint Advisory Board
WSJ.comLONDON—James Crosby, the former chief executive of failed lender HBOS PLC, has resigned from his position on the advisory board of European private equity group Bridgepoint, following damning criticism of the mortgage lender's management ...
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Fisker to Cut More Staff
WSJ.comStruggling electric-car maker Fisker Automotive Inc. dismissed 150 of its remaining 200-employee staff on Friday, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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Bridgewater Hires BofA's Terry
WSJ.comThe giant hedge-fund firm Bridgewater Associates hired Wall Street executive Michael Terry to be a client adviser, according to people familiar with the situation.
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Dell Buyout Is a Fee-for-All; Banks Advising and Financing the Deal Could Reap More Than $400 Million
WSJ.comWall Street has a lot more than bragging rights riding on the $24 billion-plus takeover battle for Dell Inc. Some of the biggest banks in the world are vying for fees that together could top $400 million for advising and financing the ...
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Golden Moment Wanes for Investors
WSJ.comGold just can't catch a break.Prices for the yellow metal ended Thursday at a nine-month low, even as the Bank of Japan announced aggressive stimulus plans aimed at creating inflation, a traditional driver of strength in the metal. Gold is ...
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Carried Interest for Hedge Funds Is a True Capital Gain
WSJ.comJohn Steele Gordon's "'Carried Interest' Is Not a Capital Gain" (op-ed, April 3) claims that hedge-fund managers share in their gains through performance bonuses but not in their losses, and hence do not deserve capital gains tax treatment. ...
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Cerberus Steps Up Battle for Japan's Seibu
WSJ.comCerberus Capital Management LP is ramping up its battle for greater control over Japan's Seibu Holdings, an operator of hotels, railways and a baseball team that is preparing for an initial public offering, people familiar with the matter ...
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Funds Reshape Investment Mold
WSJ.comHedge funds that specialize in bonds are bulking up on stocks, in the latest sign of investor concern over the health of the long bull market in debt prices.
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State Street, Blackstone Join to Offer New Loan ETF
WSJ.comTwo established Wall Street players are teaming up to launch a rare exchange-traded fund for high-yield loans as demand for such investments rises in anticipation of rising interest rates in coming years.
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Paulson Funds Notch Gains for Year
WSJ.comJohn Paulson is mounting a comeback after a slow start to the year, with gains in all of his hedge funds except for a small gold fund, according to an investor letter.
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Harvey Silverglate: Climbing the Ladder to Steven A. Cohen; The federal pursuit of SAC Capital Advisors is typical: Get the smaller fry to 'give up' someone more senior.
WSJ.comHardly a month goes by without a page-one headline announcing another step in a federal investigation that seems to have in its cross hairs Steven A. Cohen, the billionaire founder and majority owner of SAC Capital Advisors LP. The ...
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Former SAC Manager Changes Lawyers
WSJ.comA former SAC Capital Advisors LP portfolio manager charged with insider-trading has switched lawyers, in a case that touches the billionaire founder of the prominent Wall Street hedge fund group.
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A Private-Equity Boost for China; Entrepreneurs hungry for capital are ill-served by local investors. To help them, give foreign funds equal access.
WSJ.comA change of leadership in Beijing brings with it speculation about a change of economic policy. There is now general agreement that the country needs to transition away from its investment-led growth model, toward a greater reliance on ...
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Citadel Asks Supreme Court to Hear Derivatives Case
WSJ.comOne of the biggest U.S. derivatives traders has joined a long-running legal battle over a lucrative slice of the market and asked the Supreme Court to decide the matter.
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Blended Funds Keep Investors Put, But Performance Varies
WSJ.comNEW YORK--Investors in so-called asset allocation funds, such as target-date and absolute-return funds, suffer less often from the chronic condition that affects others: a nervous impulse to jump in and out of the markets.
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In Bidding Wars, Retail Investors Can Get Caught in the Crossfire
WSJ.comThe takeover battle for Dell Inc. may seem like a tantalizing prospect for small investors who hope to profit from a bidding war. But pros warn such situations can put the little guy at a big disadvantage.
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Why sharp fund, ETF gains can cut both ways; Strong second quarter for stocks hinges on improved U.S., global growth
MarketWatchSAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — With U.S. stocks setting records and many international markets suffering setbacks, investors in mutual funds and exchange-traded funds begin the second quarter of 2013 with more concerns and less clarity than ...
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In Herbalife Fight, Both Sides Prevail
WSJ.comThe bitter fight over Herbalife Ltd. among three hedge-fund titans so far has delivered a surprising result: The three activist investors are all winning despite being on opposite sides of the trade.
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Judge Approves $14 Million Settlement by SAC in SEC Insider-Trading Case
WSJ.comA federal judge has signed off on the smaller of two insider-trading settlements by hedge fund SAC Capital Advisors LP, even as one of its most senior employees faces criminal charges in the matter, according to court documents.
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AB InBev Seeks Payment From CVC
WSJ.comAn unusual legal spat has surfaced over Anheuser-Busch InBev NV's sale of an Eastern European beer company to buyout firm CVC Capital Partners at the height of the financial crisis in 2009.
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Paulson Wins Court Dismissal of Lawsuit
WSJ.comA federal judge in Miami threw out a lawsuit that accused Paulson & Co. of shoddy due diligence on Chinese forestry company Sino-Forest Corp., which saw its share price tumble after its stock was attacked by a short seller.
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At Takeover Dance, CEOs Don't Want to Tango
WSJ.comThe takeover battle for Dell Inc. has it all: a household name led by a famous founder-CEO, two aggressive private-equity groups facing off and an offer by Carl Icahn with as much chutzpah as cash.
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There Is Life After Death for Coal Power
WSJ.comOwning a coal-fired power plant won't necessarily make you popular, funny or attractive. But after years of losses, it may finally make you money.
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Proxy Firm Advises MetroPCS Holders to Reject T-Mobile Deal
WSJ.comProxy advisory firm Glass Lewis & Co. said MetroPCS Communications Inc. investors should vote against a merger with Deutsche Telekom AG unit T-Mobile USA, adding to negative sentiment around the deal just two weeks before shareholders ...
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Busy Quarter Doesn't Persuade Skeptics; Megadeals Fuel 76% Jump in U.S. Merger Activity, but European Debt Crisis Continues to Impede Deal Making Globally
WSJ.comA string of blockbuster deals to kick off 2013 invigorated the merger-and-acquisition business but didn't convince deal makers that a global revival is under way, as activity around the globe remains muted and the U.S. market still faces ...
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SAC Trading Probe Reaches Higher; Michael Steinberg Is Most Senior Employee at Hedge-Fund Firm Caught in U.S. Investigation
WSJ.comFederal authorities, deepening a criminal insider-trading investigation, continued to work their way up the ranks at SAC Capital Advisors LP.
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Daring T-Mobile to Hang Up
WSJ.comHas Deutsche Telekom messed with the wrong guys?Proxy adviser Institutional Shareholder Services recommended late Wednesday that MetroPCS shareholders vote against a merger with the German company's T-Mobile USA unit. That could bring two ...
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CBS and Lions Gate Team Up on TV Guide Network
WSJ.comCBS Corp., as expected, acquired half of TV Guide Network and will enter a 50-50 partnership with Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. for the entertainment channel and website.
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Seibu Opposes Cerberus Tender Offer
WSJ.comTOKYO—Japan's Seibu Holdings said Tuesday it strongly opposes a tender offer by Cerberus Capital Management to increase its stake in the railway and hotel operator, the latest development in an intensifying battle between the two companies.
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Blackstone, Michael Dell in Talks Over Him as CEO
WSJ.comBlackstone Group LP is in talks with Dell Inc. founder Michael Dell over whether he would remain chief executive of the computer maker under the private-equity firm's plan to take control of the company, according to people familiar with ...
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Michael Dell's Folly
Barrons.comScore one for shareholders.It doesn't look like Michael Dell, founder, chairman, and CEO of Dell, will be able to steal his company from public shareholders for just $13.65 a share now that superior preliminary offers for Dell have been ...
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Dell: What do Blackstone, Icahn actually see? Commentary: Rival bidders unlikely want the slumping PC business
MarketWatchSAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — With Dell Inc. now waiting for official takeover offers from the Blackstone Group and Carl Icahn, most investors seem to be assuming that the higher bidder will simply win out, and that Michael Dell and Silver ...
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MetroPCS Holders Urged to Vote Against Merger
WSJ.comA prominent proxy adviser said MetroPCS Communications Inc. shareholders should vote against a merger with Deutsche Telekom AG unit T-Mobile USA, saying they would receive an unfair split of the combined company and would do fine owning ...
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Blackstone Ups Heat on Dell; Dell Founder, Icahn Likely to Talk With Blackstone
WSJ.comPrivate-equity firm Blackstone Group L.P., a late entrant into the battle for control of computer maker Dell Inc., gained momentum in its pursuit on Monday, fueling the prospect of a bidding war.
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Toys 'R' Us Pulls IPO Filing
WSJ.comToys "R" Us Inc. on Friday. after almost three year of waiting, abandon plans for an initial public offering amid declining sales and heightened competition from online rivals.
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Time to Say Ciao to Francesca's?
Barrons.comInvestors are treating a secondary offering from clothing and accessories firm Francesca's Holdings as a fashion faux pas.Late Tuesday, Francesca's (ticker: FRAN) announced a 7.4 million share offering, roughly one-sixth of its current 43.9 ...
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Silver Lake's Win-Win Approach to Dell
WSJ.comIs the guy who "wins" an auction really the winner, or just the sap that paid the most?Silver Lake Partners may ponder that in the battle for Dell. The private-equity firm certainly has two big reasons not to overpay.
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Supervalu to Cut 1,100 Corporate, Support Jobs
WSJ.comSupervalu Inc. on Tuesday unveiled plans to further reduce its workforce by cutting 1,100 positions from its corporate and store-support offices.
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From Dell Insider to Suitor; Blackstone's David Johnson Negotiates With His Former Boss, Michael Dell
WSJ.comBlackstone Group LP's letter laying out a potential bid for Dell Inc. was co-signed by someone very familiar to the computer maker: David Johnson.
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Genworth to Sell Wealth Management Business for $412.5 Million
WSJ.comGenworth Financial Inc. (GNW) has agreed to sell its wealth management business to a partnership of Aquiline Capital Partners and Genstar Capital for approximately $412.5 million, allowing the insurer to shed a noncore business and increase ...
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Fund Firm at Center of Big Game Hunt
WSJ.comMutual-fund firm Southeastern Asset Management Inc.'s chairman and chief executive likes to unwind by hunting small game.Now, the Memphis, Tenn., mutual-fund company led by O. Mason Hawkins is targeting much larger prey: Dell Inc.
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RWE Sells Czech Gas Grid Unit Net4Gas to Allianz, Borealis for $1.5 Billion
WSJ.comGerman utility RWE AG has agreed to sell its Czech gas grid unit Net4Gas to a consortium comprising Europe's largest insurer and a Canadian infrastructure fund in a deal worth about €1.2 billion ($1.5 billion).
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GateHouse Media in Talks to Rework Debt
WSJ.comGateHouse Media Inc., the struggling local newspaper chain owned by Fortress Investment Group LLC, is weighing a streamlined bankruptcy-protection filing to tackle more than $1 billion in debt coming due next year while it tries to ...
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Dell: A Stub in the Dark
WSJ.com"Buy and hold" can be tougher in a world with easy leverage. This is why it's too bad that the unconventional proposal from Dell's latest suitors likely won't be replicated widely.
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Liberty Global Takes Stake in Dutch Cable Company
WSJ.comLONDON—Cable company Liberty Global Inc.'s European buying spree continued on Thursday with the acquisition of a 12.65% stake in Dutch cable operator Ziggo NV for €632.5 million ($808.3 million).
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KKR Catches KC Legends
WSJ.comNow that KKR & Co. has completed its seventh real-estate acquisition since 2011, one theme in its property-investment strategy is becoming clearer: The New York private-equity firm is joining the push into smaller markets in a search ...
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Hedge-Fund Folly
Barrons.comFund Scope | ScoreboardHedge-fund replication ought to be a straightforward way for mutual-fund investors to get a taste of hedge-fund returns. But the strategy is confusing and about as black-box as the strategies they're trying to mimic.
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Dell's Pessimistic Sales Pitch to Shareholders
WSJ.comThe best case for Dell's board? Paint the worst case for the company's investors.The PC maker published a thick proxy document Friday afternoon, soliciting shareholder votes for the proposed leveraged buyout sponsored by Chief Executive ...
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Pinnacle Foods Sets IPO Price at $20 a Share
WSJ.comNEW YORK—Frozen food company Pinnacle Foods Inc. priced its initial public offering at the high end of expectations late Wednesday, setting up a $580 million deal that will be the year's third-largest new offering of the year.
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Hostess Wins Approval for $800 Million in Cake, Bread Sales
WSJ.comA bankruptcy judge cleared Hostess Brands Inc. to hand over its most popular cake and bread brands to a bevy of buyers, some of whom hope to get treats like Twinkies back on the shelves by the summertime.
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Credit Suisse Winds Down Hedge-Fund Unit
WSJ.comCredit Suisse Group AG is winding down a unit that invests in hedge funds and other investment managers, marking the latest maneuver by a big bank in response to stricter rules on the way it manages capital and risks.
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SEC Freezes Assets of Massachusetts Adviser
WSJ.comThe U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has frozen the assets of a Massachusetts-based investment adviser charged with stealing money from clients who were allegedly given the false impression they were investing in a hedge fund.
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Blackstone, GE Capital Discussed Bid for Dell Unit
WSJ.comBlackstone Group LP and General Electric Co.'s lending arm have discussed jointly pursuing Dell Inc.'s financial-services business, people familiar with the matter said.
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For Malone, a Possible Cable Reprise
WSJ.comAs a pioneer in the U.S. cable industry, John Malone's hard-nosed deal making earned him the moniker "Darth Vader." Now, 14 years after selling a big chunk of his empire to AT&T, Mr. Malone is returning to the fray.
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Moleskine to Test Appetite for Italian IPOs
WSJ.comMILAN—A small maker of diary and other stationery products is about to test investors' willingness to look past Italy's political impasse and struggling economy.
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Paulson Seeks Dismissal
WSJ.comPaulson & Co. asked a state-court judge in New York to throw out a lawsuit accusing the hedge-fund firm of conspiring with Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to get an insurer to back a mortgage-linked investment that later imploded.
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Container Store Chief Weighs an IPO
WSJ.comOnetime department-store salesman Kip Tindell and his ex-boss raised $35,000 from family and friends to open their first Container Store location in Dallas in 1978. Some of their associates balked at the idea that the pair would be able to ...
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SEC Digging Into Fund Fees; Focus on Expenses Billed to Investors by Hedge Funds and Private-Equity Firms
WSJ.comThe Securities and Exchange Commission is closely scrutinizing the fees and expenses, including travel and entertainment, that hedge funds and private-equity firms charge to their investors.
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SAC to Investors: Scrutiny Isn't Over
WSJ.comA top SAC Capital Advisors executive told investors Monday that the hedge-fund firm's recent settlements with securities regulators were an "important first step" toward clearing its legal troubles, but cautioned the agreements wouldn't ...
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Lazard Tightens the Reins on Pay
WSJ.comLazard Ltd. paid Chairman and Chief Executive Kenneth M. Jacobs $8.5 million in 2012, down 5% from the prior year, and set new pay-clawback and other compensation-related policies for its top executives.
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Cengage Learning Draws Down Credit
WSJ.comStruggles intensified at textbook publisher Cengage Learning Inc. on Friday as it drew down a credit line and hired restructuring advisers to tackle a heavy debt load.
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Canada Firm Places Bet on Mexico Border
WSJ.comCIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico—In this violence-plagued border town where thousands of workers assemble U.S.-bound goods, Brookfield Asset Management Inc. is betting that it can put together the pieces of an investment that was undercut by the U.S. ...
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A Volatile Investor Buys Into a Softer Approach
WSJ.comBefore the financial crisis, Christopher Hohn was one of the hedge-fund world's most combative figures.A family New Year's card in 2006 described his "exceptionally exciting year overthrowing German CEOs." One corporate chief, memorializing ...
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CPP Investment Board Met With China Infrastructure Quandary
WSJ.comSYDNEY—Finding opportunities to ride Asia's infrastructure boom is proving harder than it seems, the head of Canadian pension fund CPP Investment Board said Tuesday, as the cheap availability of finance in China for new highways and ...
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Carlyle Founders Collect $172 Million in Dividends
WSJ.comThe three founders of Carlyle Group LP together collected about $172 million in dividends on their big shareholdings in the private-equity firm during the first year it became a public company, according to a securities filing.
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Barrons.comFebruary Hedge Funds: Best, Worst, BiggestIt would be hard to imagine a more hands-on activist hedge-fund management team than James Corsellis and Mark Watts of Marwyn Value Investors. When Corsellis and Watts consider investing in a ...
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Paulson Not Planning Move to Puerto Rico
WSJ.comPaulson & Co. said its founder John Paulson has no plans to move to Puerto Rico, ending days of speculation that he was considering establishing a residence on the island.
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Inside a Star Hedge Fund: Lots of Big Bets, Built Fast
WSJ.comSAC Capital Advisors LP bet big on a firm called Ardea Biosciences Inc. at the beginning of last year.Diving into a small stock it never before reported owning, the hedge-fund firm bought 1.2 million shares, which at the end of the first ...
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Stocks, Drugs, Rock 'n' Roll
WSJ.comLooking for a new investing idea? Consider investing in ideas.Some investors are tapping the emerging field of intellectual property, which encompasses patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets, in hopes of finding better ...
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Galleon Group Founder's Kid Brother Charged With Insider Trading
WSJ.comFor years, Rengan Rajaratnam worked in the shadow of his older brother Raj, a star trader who founded the hedge-fund firm Galleon Group.On Thursday, the younger sibling joined the spotlight when, like his brother before him, he was charged ...
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Clock Ticks for a Rajaratnam Probe; U.S. Faces Imminent Deadline to Bring Case Against Brother of Convicted Former Hedge-Fund Titan
WSJ.comFederal authorities are weighing insider-trading charges against a younger brother of Raj Rajaratnam, nearly two years after the hedge-fund titan was convicted of the same crime, according to people familiar with the probe.
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Showdown Brews Over Chesapeake Bond Buyback
WSJ.comThere's a showdown in the junk-bond market, and the winner takes $400 million.Chesapeake Energy Corp. (CHK) said on Friday it will proceed with buying back $1.3 billion of its bonds. But a group of hedge funds says the natural gas producer ...
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What's News—
WSJ.comBusiness & Finance***The U.S. stock market is moving less wildly as investors see less need to run for the exits at the first hint of bad news.
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Single-Family Shuffle
WSJ.comThe foray by Big Money into the single-family landlord business is becoming more sophisticated.Up until now, private-equity firms like Blackstone Group LP and Colony Capital LLC have taken a straightforward approach as they have gotten into ...
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CVC Raises $1.3 Billion From Matahari Share Sale
WSJ.comSINGAPORE—Private-equity firm CVC Capital Partners has raised around US$1.3 billion from selling nearly half of its stake in Indonesian retailer Matahari Department Store, people with knowledge of the deal said Friday.
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Pinnacle Is Hoping Investors Feel Hungry
WSJ.comThe maker of Vlasic pickles and Hungry-Man dinners hopes to draw investors to the table this week with an IPO that looks to raise more than half a billion dollars.
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Calpers Ex-CEO Faces Criminal Charges; 'Pay-to-Play' Indictment Alleges Buenrostro Helped a Friend Collect Fees From Apollo Global
WSJ.comThe former head of Calpers, one of the world's largest pension funds, was charged with concocting fraudulent documents to help a friend collect millions of dollars in fees from private-equity group Apollo Global Management LLC.
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Voices: Dan Yu, Saving For Your Kids' College Tuitions
WSJ.comVoices is an occasional column that allows wealth managers to address issues of interest to the advisory community. Dan Yu is managing principal for EisnerAmper Personal Wealth Advisors, a New York City-based RIA.
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Private-Equity Investors to Profit from Liberty's Bet on Charter
WSJ.comAs Liberty Media Corp. Chairman John Malone makes a big bet on cable TV company Charter Communications Inc., some private-equity investors are taking the opportunity to sell—with handsome profits.
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'Zombie' Startups Look for Ways to Come to Life
WSJ.comAfter tapping a flood of venture capital in recent years, a growing number of startups are getting caught in purgatory.These companies, which include consumer and e-commerce businesses, have just enough capital to keep going, for now. But ...
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NFL Teams With Private-Equity Firm to Seek Media, Tech Investments
WSJ.comThe National Football League is teaming up with private-equity firm Providence Equity Partners in a search for ventures the two entities can jointly invest in.
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SAC Hit With Record Insider Penalty; Investment Firm to Pay $616 Million to Settle Two Civil Cases; Other Probes of Hedge Fund Continue
WSJ.comSAC Capital Advisors LP, one of the nation's most successful investment firms, will pay a record $616 million penalty to settle two insider-trading cases, including what authorities called the most lucrative such scheme ever.
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Blackstone Exploring Various Scenarios for Dell Counterbid
WSJ.comBlackstone Group LP is working on a few scenarios for a potential counterbid to the planned leveraged buyout of Dell Inc. that would see the private-equity giant team with a partner to buy all or part of the computer maker, according to ...
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Tech Investors Target Gun Safety
WSJ.comSAN FRANCISCO—Ron Conway, a financier known for his early investments in technology companies such as Google Inc., is leading a Silicon Valley effort to curb gun violence by investing in technologies such as firearm locks and better school ...
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Aguilar Q&A on money-fund reform, hedge fund ads; Commissioner on why hedge fund ad rule is “anti-investor” as is
MarketWatchWASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Luis Aguilar wants to clear up a “persistent misconception” about the Securities and Exchange Commission’s efforts to increase regulation of the $2.7 trillion money-market-fund industry.
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KKR Reaches Deal to Buy Gardner Denver
WSJ.comKKR & Co. has reached a deal to buy industrial-pumps manufacturer Gardner Denver Inc. for $76 a share, said a person familiar with the matter.
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Citadel Executive to Leave
WSJ.comCitadel LLC quantitative-trading executive Matthew Cushman is leaving the Chicago firm after a year and a half, amid a broader restructuring of Citadel's computer-driven trading business.
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Martoma Defense Gets More Time
WSJ.comA former hedge-fund manager at an affiliate of hedge fund SAC Capital Advisors who is facing insider-trading charges can have an extra three months to prepare for trial, a federal judge ruled.
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TPG to Buy Inghams Enterprises
WSJ.comGlobal private-equity firm TPG has outbid rivals including The Blackstone Group LP in an auction for Australia's largest poultry producer, Inghams Enterprises Pty Ltd., people familiar with the matter said on Saturday.
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How to Turbocharge Your Returns
Barrons.comWith the Dow Jones Industrial Average hitting a record high Tuesday, heavily-traded momentum stocks that sport strong fundamentals and price momentum look especially enticing.
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Carlyle Group Lowers Velvet Rope; Offering Allows Some People to Invest as Little as $50,000 With the Giant Private-Equity Firm
WSJ.comIn the latest effort by private-equity firms to broaden their customer base, Carlyle Group LP is letting some people invest in its buyout funds with as little as $50,000.
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Merger of MetroPCS and T-Mobile Gets Regulatory Approval
WSJ.comU.S. regulators approved the combination of wireless carriers MetroPCS Communications Inc. and Deutsche Telekom AG's T-Mobile USA, leaving MetroPCS shareholders as the last major obstacle to a deal.
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A Jumbo Payday for Deal Titans
WSJ.comNine executives at private-equity firms together will take home more than $1 billion in dividends and compensation from last year, even as some of Wall Street's top bankers saw their paychecks shrink.
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Copper Market Prepares for a Flood; Price of the Industrial Metal Has Plunged Amid Forecasts of the Biggest Increase in Output in 13 Years
WSJ.comThe copper market is bracing for a wave of new mine openings this year.Copper prices recently fell to three-month lows as investors and traders anticipate an onslaught of supplies, estimated to be the biggest increase in global copper mine ...
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10 Things to Know Wednesday
WSJ.com1. PAPAL CONCLAVE CONTINUES AT VATICANBlack smoke rose from the Vatican's Sistine Chapel Wednesday, signaling that cardinals meeting in conclave have still not reached the majority of two-thirds needed to elect a new pope.
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Dell Pact Lets Icahn Look Into Its Books
WSJ.comCarl Icahn reached a pact with Dell Inc. that allows him to look at the company's books, a move that comes days after the activist investor said he would push to replace the computer maker's board and pursue "years of ...
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Cerberus Seeks Seibu Shake-Up
WSJ.comTOKYO—U.S. private-equity fund Cerberus Capital Management LP is seeking to shake up the board of Japan's Seibu Holdings Inc. as a dispute between the two companies escalates, people with direct knowledge of the matter said Friday.
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Few Good Choices for MetroPCS
WSJ.comMetroPCS and T-Mobile USA are preparing to tie the knot. But some investors object to the union.And at least some aren't making a secret of it. In a Jan. 30 letter to MetroPCS's board, hedge fund P. Schoenfeld Asset Management argued that ...
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Targeting Tech-Savvy Startups; Brick-and-Mortar Stores Are Snapping Up Existing Web Firms to Try to Catch Up to eBay, Amazon
WSJ.comThree months ago, Rodrigo Carvalho and Lukas Bouvrie were working 20-hour days to raise money and attract clients for Black Locus Inc., a 20-person Austin, Texas, startup that uses algorithms to help retailers sell their wares on the Web.
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Retail Takeover Targets
Barrons.comBarnes & Noble announced Monday that it would consider a buyout offer from its chairman, Leonard Riggio (see "Just the First Chapter in a Barnes & Noble Bid?", Feb. 25). The book chain faces slipping sales but carries a beaten-down ...
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How to Find a Good Financial Adviser
Ask the right questions before you hand over your money
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How to Create an Investment Portfolio
A balanced portfolio can have a bigger impact on long-term performance than individual stock picking
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How to Invest for Retirement
Investing for retirement is more complicated than opening an IRA or maxing out your 401(k)
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How to Choose a Stock Mutual Fund
When choosing a stock mutual fund, consider performance, manager track record and cost before investing.
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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.