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The Russians are coming! The Russians are coming! Based on a report in The Wall Street Journal, Digital Sky Technologies, a Russian investment group wants to put $200 million into Facebook for...
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Playboy Enterprises Inc. (NYSE: PLA) is sitting in a tough spot. This morning there is a report that the company has the bunny franchise up for sale. We have looked at this very notion in the...
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Reuters: Chrysler is already seeing positive effects from bankruptcy. Reuters: The US is working with GM (GM) on a Chapter 11 filing as the June1 deadline looms. Reuters: Pimco’s Gross...
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Reuters SEC employees are under investigation for insider trading Reuters Treasury has approved several insurance companies for receiving TARP funds Reuters GM (GM) is close to a deal...
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The Blackstone Group, L.P. (NYSE: BX) posted results that show a turn for the better in private equity is either afoot or much closer than before. It said that its economic net income was a loss of...
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Insider trading has a new face. Credit default swaps, long one of the least understood and least regulated sets of financial instruments can be used for insider trading in a similar manner to stocks,...
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The Financial Times is reporting that Citigroup (C) and Bank of America (BAC) may each need to raise over $10 billion. If that is true, to get money in the capital markets and not from the...
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The venture capital community has made a self-serving request of the federal government, but is may not be entirely without merit. The industry’s trade association “called for lower taxes and...
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What will hedge funds do if large governments start to regulate their activities, tax them at higher rates, and make them disclose their holdings? Places like New York City, Greenwich, and London may...
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If the economy is going to keep getting worse, why shouldn’t hedge funds, where managers can make millions of dollars a year, share in the suffering? It actually looks like they may. According...
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Since AIG (AIG) is handing out money to anyone it can find, why not give some cash to hedge funds to help them show profits and potentially make their partners millions of dollars. According to The...
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American Apparel, Inc. (NYSE Alternext: APP) has confirmed reports of an outside private equity investment. The retail apparel player got $80 million with Lion Capital LLP. This should satisfy...
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Palm, Inc. (NASDAQ: PALM) stock is indicated lower on word from the company that it is exercising its right to re-market approximately 18.5 million common shares underlying 49% of the units of Series...
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Nova Chemicals Corp. (NYSE: NCX) is the largest percentage winner on the NYSE today. It is up about 300%. Yep 300… The company is being acquired in a deal involving the Middle East. Does...
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Beacon Power Corporation (NASDAQ:BCON) is developing a patented flywheel energy storage product, and the going is getting tough. The company today announced an $18 million investment from a private...
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