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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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3 senior SAC executives receive subpoenas
MarketWatchNEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Three senior executives at SAC Capital Advisors LP, including the firm’s president and chief compliance officer, received subpoenas as part of the government’s insider-trading investigation, according to people ...
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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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Cerberus Mulls Bid for Harris Teeter
WSJ.comCerberus Capital Management LP is eyeing about a half-dozen grocery chains for potential bids, as the buyout shop weighs whether to further expand its grocery business three months after acquiring several chains from Supervalu Inc., ...
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Traders Sue Options Exchanges Over Fees
WSJ.comFour of the biggest stock-options trading firms in the U.S. on Thursday sued exchanges over fees that the firms said were improperly collected for 7 1/2 years.
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Venture Firms Build Own Software to Gain an Edge
WSJ.comA new website named Grove popped up earlier this year to help entrepreneurs find potential recruits, talk to other startups and track rivals' growth.
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Energy stocks turn lower, track broader market
MarketWatchSAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Energy stocks lost steam Wednesday, ending lower alongside the broader U.S. equity market as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke signaled Fed may begin tapering its bond buying in coming months.
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Saks, Neiman: A Possible Fit?
WSJ.comSaks Inc. and Neiman Marcus Group Inc. are each on a shopping trip—to sell themselves. And in one financier's eye, they could end up in the same bag.
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Late Options Bet on Saks Is a Winner
WSJ.comA last-minute options trade Tuesday stands to bring in huge profits following news the company may be exploring a sale.Just seconds before the close of options trading Tuesday, a large bet was placed that Saks shares would extend a run that ...
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Prioritizing Tech Literacy Makes Sweden an Ideal State
WSJ.comSTOCKHOLM—It doesn't take long to rattle off a list of startups or tech companies here that are either in or heading toward the billion dollar valuation club: music streaming site Spotify AB, payment service Klarna AB, games maker Mojang ...
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Before you blame Cohen, blame yourself; Commentary: SAC Capital’s record was too good to be true
MarketWatchSAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Wall Street is an enormous pressure cooker. Even in good times, such as the recent bull run of the stock market, the compulsion to squeeze every last nickel from every deal or trade is relentless.
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Auto Dealers' Suit Stalls Shopping of Carfax's Owner
WSJ.comA lawsuit brought by auto dealers has put a chill on the potential sale of R.L. Polk & Co., owner of the used-car shopping tool Carfax, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Sony Board to Discuss Third Point Plan
WSJ.comTOKYO—Struggling Japanese conglomerate Sony Corp. said its board of directors has started preliminary discussions on what to do about a proposal from activist hedge-fund investor Daniel Loeb to take part of the company's entertainment ...
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Gupta Challenges U.S. Wiretaps in Appeal; Former Goldman Sachs Director Says Rajaratnam Phone Records Shouldn't Have Been Used in His Insider-Trading Trial
WSJ.comRajat Gupta was convicted on insider-trading charges in part due to phone records that showed he finished a conference call with the board of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and called a friend who was a hedge-fund manager, who moments later ...
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Big Hedge Funds Suddenly Bullish
Barrons.comBe bullish.That's the overarching message from the options market as it fills with talk of two major developments that suggest the stock market will keep rallying to new record highs.
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Mad for Madison
WSJ.comBreaking News From WSJ.com's Developments BlogThe competition is intensifying for 650 Madison Ave., a 27-story, green-glass office building near the southeast corner of New York's Central Park, with some bids coming in for more than $1.3 ...
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Starwood Capital Goes Shopping for Malls
WSJ.comStarwood Capital Group is in talks to buy seven U.S. shopping malls from Westfield Group for more than $1 billion, a deal that would mark the latest in a flurry of big-ticket acquisitions of retail property.
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Energy stocks end lower after Monday rally
MarketWatchSAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Energy stocks ended lower Tuesday, losing steam a day after a rally.Energy stocks jumped on Monday, ending the day as the top gainer among sectors in the S&P 500 Index.
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Saks shares jump on report of possible sale; NetApp shares rise on layoffs, new dividend
MarketWatchSAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Saks Inc. shares jumped in heavy volume late Tuesday following a report the upscale luxury retailer has hired advisers for a possible sale.
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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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Regulators Scrutinize Firms' Ties to Insurers
WSJ.comNew York's top financial regulator subpoenaed a handful of Wall Street investment firms about their entries into a corner of the insurance industry that guarantees steady payments to hundreds of thousands of retirees and other consumers.
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China Is Seeking U.S. Assets; Agency Sets Up New York Office to Make Real-Estate, Private-Equity Purchases
WSJ.comChina's currency-reserves manager has set up a New York operation to invest in private equity, real estate and other U.S. assets, according to people with knowledge of the move.
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Blackstone Makes Offer for Chinese Tech Firm
WSJ.comA consortium led by U.S. private-equity firm Blackstone Inc. has proposed to acquire U.S.-listed Chinese technology outsourcing firm Pactera Technology International Ltd., in a deal that values the company at more than $660 million.
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Best 100 Hedge Funds
Barrons.comHedge-fund manager Christian Zugel has made a mint in mortgage-backed securities, and he has also been wheeling and dealing in a lot of real estate. He has had to figure out how to fit a growing staff of 73 into a renovated garment factory, ...
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Who You Calling Passive?
Barrons.comThe good old Standard & Poor's 500 is turning in a strong performance this year. But judging by asset flows, it isn't enough for many stock investors. Money is flooding into unconventional index exchange-traded funds at more than twice ...
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Energy stocks rally, top gainer among S&P sectors
MarketWatchSAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Energy stocks rose on Monday, the top gainer in the S&P 500 Index, soaring above other sectors and up 1.3% on the day.
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Prosecutors weigh criminal charges in SAC probe
MarketWatchU.S. prosecutors are considering possible criminal charges against SAC Capital Advisors LP as a result of the government’s insider-trading investigation of the hedge-fund firm, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Fosun Eyes $1 Billion Private-Equity Fund
WSJ.comSHANGHAI—Chinese conglomerate Fosun International Ltd. is raising a $1 billion private-equity fund that will invest in Europe and international companies seeking to expand in China, according to a person familiar with the situation.
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Dell Seeks More Details From Icahn
WSJ.comA special committee of Dell Inc. board members sent another letter to activist investor Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management Inc. seeking more information about their takeover proposal, reiterating that the committee can't engage in ...
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Criminal Charges Weighed Against SAC; Hedge-Fund Company Has Discussed Alternatives Such as Deferred-Prosecution Agreement
WSJ.comU.S. prosecutors are considering possible criminal charges against SAC Capital Advisors LP as a result of the government's insider-trading investigation of the hedge-fund firm, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Sucking a Business Dry
WSJ.comSometimes private-equity firms do little more than suck up money like a vacuum cleaner and leave someone else holding a big, ol' dusty bag full of debt.
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LightSquared Gets Ergen Bid; Dish Mogul Offers $2 Billion for Spectrum From Falcone's Troubled Wireless Venture
WSJ.comSatellite mogul Charlie Ergen bid $2 billion for certain spectrum from LightSquared Inc., the wireless venture spearheaded by financier Philip Falcone that is currently navigating bankruptcy proceedings, said people familiar with the offer.
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Funds Get Active Over Director Pay; Firms Like T. Rowe Price Say Board Members Shouldn't Receive High Pay for Just 'Showing Up'
WSJ.comMutual-fund firms are joining activist investors in getting more aggressive over demands for change in how board members are paid at U.S. companies.
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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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NY court dismisses Abacus suit against Goldman; Appellate court says ACA should have realized something was amiss
MarketWatchNEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Goldman Sachs Group Inc. scored a victory in a New York state appeals court on Tuesday, winning the dismissal of a lawsuit filed against it by a bond insurer over a financial product that went sour during the ...
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SAC Capital to Limit Cooperation on Probe
WSJ.comSAC Capital Advisors LP told clients it will no longer provide "unconditional" cooperation with a criminal insider-trading probe of the hedge-fund firm, marking an abrupt turn for a company that has spent months reassuring investors.
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Crowdfunding is a blessing and a curse; Commentary: Tech startups turn to rich uncles
MarketWatchWith venture-capital funds drying up, young tech companies are getting desperate for new sources of cash.Last week, Donald Trump announced — with characteristic flair — his involvement with a crowdfunding startup named FundAnything. The ...
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Hedge Fund Proposes Revamped Hess Board
WSJ.comIn yet another twist in its convoluted proxy battle with Hess Corp., Elliott Management Corp. on Tuesday proposed refashioning the company's board to include both its slate of five board nominees and their Hess-backed rivals.
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Startups' Secret: More Are Facing Patent Suits
WSJ.comKate Endress is mired in a type of legal quagmire that is afflicting an increasing number of Silicon Valley startup entrepreneurs, but which few typically want to openly discuss.
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European Stocks Get a Lift From U.S.
WSJ.comEuropean stock markets turned higher Tuesday, taking inspiration from the U.S., where markets climbed after a top hedge-fund manager said he remains bullish.
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Goldman Ordered to Pay Investor $2.5M Related to Private-Equity Fund
WSJ.comNEW YORK--An arbitration panel has ordered Goldman Sachs & Co. to pay roughly $2.5 million to a client who said she was sold an inappropriate investment in a private-equity fund.
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Blackstone Sells Stake in 30 Shopping Centers to DDR
WSJ.comBlackstone Group LP is selling its interest in 30 shopping centers to real-estate investment trust DDR Corp. for $1.46 billion, resulting in a quick profit for the private-equity giant.
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Japan Is Hostile to Activist Investors
WSJ.comTOKYO—In his push to reconfigure Sony Corp., U.S. hedge-fund manager Daniel Loeb is following a long line of foreign investors who charged into Japan hoping to shake things up. Nearly all have failed.
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Coach Approached Tory Burch About a Deal; Handbag Maker Weighs Acquiring Accessories Brand to Boost Growth
WSJ.comCoach Inc. is looking to bag an acquisition.The handbag and accessory maker's style has been to expand organically. But amid increasing competition, Coach is weighing the purchase of an accessories brand, according to people familiar with ...
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: Hedge Fund Billionaire William Ackman, Investor Group in Contract to Buy a New York Penthouse for Over $90 Million
WSJ.comBillionaire hedge-fund manager William Ackman and a group of real-estate investors are in contract to buy a penthouse condo in Manhattan for more than $90 million, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Dell results could sway investors toward deal; Commentary: Price cuts, customer uncertainty affecting business
MarketWatchSAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — After these numbers, perhaps going private is not such a bad thing.That’s what many investors may be thinking Thursday afternoon after Dell Inc.s fiscal first quarter results came in way below Wall Street ...
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Will Interest Rates Ever Rise?
WSJ.comFor decades, bond investors have been stuck in their own version of "Waiting for Godot."Year after year, some analysts and economists wait anxiously for yields to rise and prices to drop. Year after year, they have been stood up.
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Hess, Elliott Settle Proxy Fight
WSJ.comHOUSTON—Hess Corp. replaced more than half of its board with new directors, including three backed by a dissident shareholder, in the most dramatic leadership shake-up in the oil company's 80-year history.
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Dell to Miss Profit Estimates, Beat on Revenue
WSJ.comDell Inc. pushed up the timing for releasing its quarterly profits, which the company expects to be far worse than Wall Street had expected, according to a person briefed on the results.
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Judge Says Insurer Should Have Known Better on Debt Deal
WSJ.comGoldman Sachs Group Inc. obtained a victory in New York state appeals court in a case involving a complex mortgage security, moving the firm further from a crisis-era cloud.
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Sony Investor Daniel Loeb Irks Pictures Division; Activist Shareholder Says Entertainment Assets Are Undervalued, Lag Behind Rivals
WSJ.comAt Sony Pictures Entertainment's lot near Hollywood, executives both love and hate what activist investor Daniel Loeb has said about their company this week.
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Hedge Funds Bet on Freddie, Fannie Rise
WSJ.comSome of the hedge funds that made fortunes in the housing-market crash are now betting on the recovery of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government-controlled mortgage giants.
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Baring Asia to Buy Stake in Lafarge India
WSJ.comSHANGHAI—Private-equity company Baring Asia will pay $265 million for a minority stake in the India arm of French cement producer Lafarge SA.
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Ally Reaches Deal on Payout for ResCap Creditors
WSJ.comAlly Financial Inc. moved a step closer to getting out from government ownership on Tuesday after striking a settlement with its troubled mortgage subsidiary Residential Capital and the unit's influential creditors.
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Investor Pushes Sony to Take Entertainment Unit Public
WSJ.comTOKYO—For years Sony Corp. steadfastly defended the synergies of owning both an entertainment and an electronics operation. But the conglomerate's vision is being challenged by activist hedge-fund billionaire Daniel Loeb, who is proposing a ...
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Greece Bulls Charge Into Corporate Bonds
WSJ.comInvestors are returning to Greece, lured by receding fears that the troubled country will leave the euro and the high returns offered by many of its battered assets.
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Plots & Ploys: Taking Seagram
WSJ.comNew York landlords Aby Rosen and Michael Fuchs have taken full ownership of the classic Seagram Building in Manhattan after paying off various other stakeholders.
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Fund Co-Founder Sentenced in Insider Case; Chiasson's Prison Term of 6½ Years Is Among the Harshest Handed Down in Government's Four-Year-Long Crackdown
WSJ.comAnthony Chiasson's resume includes stints as an altar boy and a hedge-fund manager. Now it will have a new entry: inmate.A federal judge sentenced Mr. Chiasson Monday to 6½ years behind bars, one of the harshest terms handed down since ...
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Private-Equity Cycle
WSJ.comLeveraged buyout firms, now called private-equity firms, sprang up to break up inefficient conglomerates and unlock shareholder value ("Private-Equity Firms Build Instead of Buy," page one, May 15). But if they actually build and run ...
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Dell buyout drama claims tech spotlight; PC company seeks more information from Icahn
MarketWatchSAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Tech stocks put in a mildly upbeat performance Monday, as the latest events in the saga involving the efforts to take Dell Inc. private gained attention among investors.
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Coursera Makes Case for MOOCs
WSJ.comOnline education provider Coursera is just over a year old and hasn't yet turned a profit. But it does have centuries-old colleges nervous.Daphne Koller, co-founder and co-chief executive of the Mountain View, Calif., company, insists ...
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Currency Funds Falter as Policies Shift
WSJ.comForeign-exchange funds suffered their worst performance in 10 months in April, as currency managers struggled with a market frequently swayed by central-bank policies.
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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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Icahn, Southeastern Weigh Teaming Up on Dell Nominations
WSJ.comSoutheastern Asset Management Inc. and investor Carl Icahn are talking about teaming up to nominate directors to the Dell Inc. board as part of an effort to derail the computer maker's $24.4 billion leveraged buyout, people familiar with ...
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Hedge-Fund Manager Vinik to Close Firm; Decision to Return Investors' Money Follows Poor Performance After Overhaul
WSJ.comVeteran stock picker Jeffrey Vinik plans to close his hedge fund after a run of poor performance that coincided with a string of changes at his firm.
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A Fairer Deal for Dell
Barrons.comA fresh proposal from Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management, unveiled Friday, appears to offer Dell shareholders more value than the $13.65-a-share buyout bid from CEO and founder Michael Dell that the company's board approved in ...
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Protecting Your Portfolio From a Downturn
WSJ.comWhat makes a good fund manager?The answer to that question is arguably the most important decision an investor has to make. To many, the answer is easy: Just look at the returns. But recent research points to a different way of sorting out ...
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SAC Extends Deadline to Request Withdrawals
WSJ.comSAC Capital Advisors LP extended its deadline for investors to request to withdraw their money from its hedge funds until June 3, according to a person with knowledge of the decision.
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Private Properties; A Los Angeles penthouse is on the market for $45 million; the Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., home of a private equity chief lists for $11.995 million; the Southampton, N.Y., home of the late Ted Forstmann sells for $24 million; the late designer Bijan's Beverly Hills estate sells for $9.8 million.
WSJ.comThe 15th-floor penthouse at the Residences at W Hollywood in Los Angeles is on the market for $45 million. The 25,000-square-foot penthouse has four bedrooms, eight bathrooms and 340-degree views of the Hollywood Hills, downtown Los ...
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FX Trader Podcast; Don't Give Up on the Dollar Just Yet
WSJ.comRecent shaky U.S. economic data may not derail the stronger U.S. dollar story just yet.The Federal Reserve is likely monitoring economic data to see whether recent soft data is only a temporary soft patch, said Vassilis Dagioglu, head of ...
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Fund Focuses on Compuware After BMC Deal
WSJ.comThe private-equity firms buying BMC Software Inc. have also discussed buying Compuware Corp. and combining the two software companies, according to people familiar with the matter
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Coors-Led Group Brews Fund to Invest in Africa
WSJ.comJOHANNESBURG—A club of wealthy families led by brewing scion John K. Coors is setting up a new private-equity fund that plans to invest $300 million in Africa and go toe-to-toe with other funds in the continent's frontier markets.
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Electric-Car Maker Coda Files for Bankruptcy
WSJ.comElectric car maker Coda Holdings Inc. filed for Chapter 11 protection from creditors after pronouncing its $38,000 sedan "a commercial disappointment" and failing to sell its assets outside of bankruptcy.
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Icahn Plan Doesn't Dell-iver
WSJ.comCarl Icahn's missives ain't what they used to be.Dell's stock rose less than 1% Friday after the activist investor released an alternative proposal for the personal-computer maker to return a ton of cash to shareholders and remain a public ...
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Debt-Laden Claire's IPO Is for Test Market
WSJ.comA heavily indebted retailer with growing exposure to Europe wouldn't be an obvious choice for an IPO.But that hasn't stopped private-equity firm Apollo Global Management LLC from filing to take Claire's Inc. public. Having tapped out its ...
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Lance Armstrong’s mutual-fund career is over
MarketWatchMARKETWATCH FRONT PAGEAmerican Century, the Kansas City-based investment firm, recently announced that it will be re-naming its target-date funds effective May 31, dropping the name Livestrong from its popular and successful line of funds.
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Restaurants
WSJ.comBryan Elliott likes to take a contrarian view when it comes to evaluating restaurant companies. Rather than looking at same-store-sales growth and price/earnings ratios, he thinks cash flow and sales per square foot are better measures by ...
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Here comes the rogue IT wave; Commentary: Big data is upending enterprise software
MarketWatchNow that the wave of investment in social media companies that produced IPOs for Facebook, LinkedIn and Yelp has fully washed through Silicon Valley into the public markets, venture capitalists are onto the Internet’s next new thing.
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What's News—
WSJ.comBusiness & Finance***China's yuan fell sharply against the U.S. dollar after Beijing unexpectedly introduced new rules intended to curb the flow of foreign currency into the country.
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Reaping Wisdom On 'Junk'
WSJ.comIn 1977, a band of Los Angeles-based traders led by Michael Milken helped Texas International, an oil company, raise the first "junk" bond. The small issue—$30 million—opened a chapter in the history of finance. From then on, companies with ...
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Stock futures slightly up after record run
MarketWatchNEW YORK (MarketWatch) — U.S. stock-market futures were mildly higher on Monday following the S&P 500 index’s record run above 1,600 and the April jobs report, which exceeded expectations.
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SAC Sets Plan to Dock Pay in Cases of Wrongdoing
WSJ.comSAC Capital Advisors, the giant hedge-fund firm under pressure from investors and investigators, took the unusual step of disclosing plans to shore up its compliance efforts.
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IRS Eyes a Private-Equity Tax Move
WSJ.comThe Internal Revenue Service is examining the propriety of a tax practice used in some parts of the private-equity industry, in which firms convert management fees into investments that receive more favorable tax treatment, a senior IRS ...
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Mengniu Raises Stake in China Modern Dairy
WSJ.comChina Mengniu Dairy Co. increased its stake in China Modern Dairy Holdings Ltd. to 28%, bringing two of China's largest dairy companies closer as the domestic industry works to restore confidence in the safety of its products.
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Dell Deal Negotiator Walks Fine Line; Director Alex Mandl Squeezed Michael Dell, Others for Higher Offers but Some Big Holders Still Angry
WSJ.comLast August, Alex Mandl was hosting dinner guests in his Great Falls, Va., home when Michael Dell's number popped up on his cellphone. Mr. Mandl, Dell Inc.'s lead director, excused himself for what he expected would be a routine check-in ...
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Lance Armstrong’s mutual-fund career is over
MarketWatchMARKETWATCH FRONT PAGEAmerican Century, the Kansas City-based investment firm, recently announced that it will be re-naming its target-date funds effective May 31, dropping the name Livestrong from its popular and successful line of funds.
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Tim Hortons Shareholder Pushes for Change
WSJ.comTORONTO—Highfields Capital Management LP, a Boston-based hedge fund, is pushing Canadian coffee-and-doughnut chain Tim Hortons Inc. to end its expansion in the U.S. and buy back more shares in an effort to boost the company's profit and ...
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The risks and costs of exotic investments; ‘Alternative’ products can be pricey for retirement savers
MarketWatchPrivate-equity mutual funds. Leveraged ETFs. Managed-futures funds. A growing number of investment products like these employ so-called alternative strategies, holding out the promise of diversification for investors who haven’t forgotten ...
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What's News—
WSJ.comBusiness & Finance***The BOE held off from injecting more stimulus into the U.K.'s fragile economy, but incoming governor Mark Carney is expected to take action to shore up a fledgling recovery within months.
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Clearwire Shareholders to Press for Higher Buyout
WSJ.comSome Clearwire Corp. shareholders have formed a group with the aim of getting a higher buyout price for the mobile broadband provider than the one currently in place from Sprint Nextel Corp.
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A Penney Director Faces Opposition
WSJ.comA proxy advisory firm is recommending that J.C. Penney Co. shareholders oppose the re-election of director Steven Roth at the company's May 17 annual meeting as the fallout from former Chief Executive Ron Johnson's disastrous tenure at the ...
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Bears Keep a Distance From Great White Short
WSJ.comCanada looks like a tempting target for short sellers.The country's commodity-and-debt-fueled boom has slowed, and consumer debt is at records. There are concerns about a housing bubble after residential-property prices surged nearly 90% ...
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Dell gets Icahn bid; expert calls it ‘extortion’; Icahn, Southeastern threaten proxy fight if board doesn’t put bid to vote
MarketWatchSAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — The battle over the future of Dell Inc. heated up Friday after the company received an alternative proposal from Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management that may compete with a privatization offer by ...
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Dow’s hitting new highs — but are you? Putting all the market-milestone hoopla in perspective
MarketWatchThe Dow Jones Industrial Average has passed the 15,000 mark. But is that really reason to celebrate?The sentiment on Wall Street may be that our long national fiscal nightmare is finally over, but the stock market is just one barometer of ...
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Charting the Market
Barrons.comTesla MotorsAside from posting the first quarterly profit in its 10-year history, the luxury electric-car maker scored a top rating from Consumer Reports.
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Neiman Marcus to pursue sovereign-fund buyer
MarketWatchNeiman Marcus Group Inc. is planning overtures to a handful of sovereign-wealth funds about a possible buyout of the luxury retailer, said people familiar with the deliberations.
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Carlyle Posts $34 Million Profit as Firm Sells Some Investments
WSJ.comCarlyle Group LP reported a $34 million first-quarter profit as the private-equity firm exited several investments and continued raising funds for future buyouts.
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Carlyle Makes Bid for Rio's Mine Stake
WSJ.comSYDNEY—One of the world's largest private-equity firms, Carlyle Group LP, has made an initial bid for Rio Tinto PLC's majority stake in an Australian copper-gold mine, a person familiar with the matter said.
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A Time to Sell…and Borrow
Barrons.com"To everything there is a season."No, the Byrds didn't originally write that. And when Pete Seeger composed Turn! Turn! Turn! years before the iconic '60s folk-rock group made it a hit, he put to music the words of the Book of Ecclesiastes. ...
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BMC Software to go private in $6.9B deal; Private-equity firms Bain Capital, Golden Gate lead buyout deal
MarketWatchNEW YORK (MarketWatch) — BMC Software Inc. agreed to be acquired by investors led by private-equity firms Bain Capital LLC and Golden Gate Capital in a deal valued at $6.9 billion
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