Hedge Fund News: Lee Ainslie, Nelson Obus, Leon Cooperman
Maverick Capital Ltd.'s Steve Galbraith, who left a top investment-strategist post at Morgan Stanley MS +3.64% for the hedge fund eight years ago, plans to leave the firm as soon...
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Hedge Fund News: Dan Loeb, Bill Ackman, D.E. Shaw
Dan Loeb’s Third Point has been accused again of conspiring to destroy Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (TSE:FFH) (PINK:FRFHF), after it is alleged that the hedge fund was...
Facebook Inc. (FB) Gets Buy Ratings, But Needs Ad Buys
Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) may finally be hitting bottom on its stock price.
Hedge Fund News: Marc Lasry, Bill Gross, John Paulson
One year ago Assets at Marc Lasry’s Avenue Capital Group dipped to $12.3 billion by midyear 2011, from $18 billion just six months earlier, as the firm had been liquidating ...
Facebook Inc. (FB), Pandora Media Inc. (P): Future Mobile Partnership?
Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) may already have an alliance with music-streaming service Spotify, but the progress made in mobile advertising by Spotify rival Pandora Media Inc.
Facebook Inc. (FB): Breakaway Brand and Options Darling?
Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB), for all of its heartache for investors over the last three months, is still running a transcendent brand, according to a recent report.
Hedge Fund News: David Einhorn, Mitt Romney, Philip Falcone
David Einhorn’s Greenlight Capital posted a 4 percent gain in August. This put the hedge fund manager up 9.7 percent for the year to date.
Hedge Fund News: Ray Dalio, George Soros, Mason Capital
Ray Dalio of Bridgewater Associates became the most successful hedge fund manager in history last year when the cumulative $35.8 billion he has earned investors since 1975 eclipsed...
Hedge Fund News: John Paulson, Louis Bacon, Bridgewater Associates
Believe it or not, the housing crash wasn't all heartache and tears. When the mortgage bubble burst a few select investors made a boatload.
Warren Buffett News: Happy Birthday Mr. Buffett
What do you get Warren Buffett, the man that has everything, for his 82nd birthday? Deal Journal would have guessed maybe a toy train, but Buffett has answered it himself: nothing...
Warren Buffett News: Inside Warren Buffett’s Private Poker Tournament
Via Forbes comes a read on what it’s like to go to Warren Buffett’s private poker tournament from staff writer Randall Lane, who scored an invite to Berkshire Hathaway’s...
Hedge Fund News: WellPoint, Bill Ackman, Mitt Romney
Bowing to intense investor pressure, the chairwoman and chief executive of health insurance giant WellPoint Inc. abruptly resigned and the company named an interim CEO.
Facebook Inc. (FB) Truly a ‘Mobile First’ Company?
Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) is having a well-known revenue and image crisis.
Hedge Fund News: T Boone Pickens, Andrew Hall, Citi
T. Boone Pickens, who made his billions on oil, is adding to them on the back of the commodity this year.
Hedge Fund News: Paul Singer, Matt Grossman, George Soros
Billionaire hedge fund manager Paul E.
Hedge Fund News: Kodak, Louis Bacon, George Soros
A New York hedge fund that owns bonds of bankrupt Eastman Kodak has asked the US Trustee to probe the company's patent auction because it was concerned about the "unusually secretive...
Hedge Fund News: Carl Icahn, John Paulson, Bill Ackman
Activist investor Carl Icahn agreed to allocate as much as $3 billion to a management duo composed of his son, Brett, and David Schechter, expanding their role in running the ...
Facebook Inc. (FB): Could It Rebound Without Zuckerberg?
Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB), one could say, has had a rough time of it as a publicly traded company.
Warren Buffett News: Warren Buffett Reloads The Elephant Gun
Warren Buffett may well be loading Berkshire Hathaway’s (NYSE: BRK-A, BRK-B) "elephant gun".
Facebook Inc. (FB) Falters, Foibles the Fault of Zuckerberg?
Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB), in many ways, doesn't get to where it is without its dynamic and young creative leader, Mark Zuckerberg.
Hedge Fund News: Carl Icahn, John Paulson, Yahoo
Carl Icahn is pushing a split at truck maker Oshkosh Corp., urging it to spin a unit he’s called a mistake in the past because its value is being obscured.
Hedge Fund News: Prudential, Jim Rogers, George Soros
Prudential Financial has hired a hedge fund economist to boost its emerging markets credit capabilities.
Hedge Fund News: David Shaw, Daniel Loeb, Seth Klarman
A sprawling mansion on a hill is in the works for D.E. Shaw & Co. founder David Shaw and his family.
Hedge Fund News: Julian Robertson, George Soros, Supervalu
When a top hedge fund manager donated money to start a student-run portfolio at the University of Virginia in 1994, Richard Gerson was one of the few undergraduates to earn a ...
Hedge Fund News: Carl Icahn, John Paulson, Julian Williams
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn, who took over CVR Energy Inc.
Hedge Fund News: Yahoo, David Einhorn, Dan Loeb
Hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb has upped his stake in Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O) by about 2.5 million shares, according to a regulatory filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission...
Hedge Fund News: Louis Bacon, John Paulson, Barclays
Hedge fund manager Louis Bacon has promised to donate the largest single conservation easement in U.S.
Hedge Fund News: Bill Ackman, James Chanos, Samuel Israel
Hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management told investors this week that it recently sold its position in Citigroup and used that money to buy shares of Procter & Gamble.
Hedge Fund News: Barton Biggs, John Griffin, Jim Rogers
Ex-Morgan Stanley strategies and hedge fund manager Barton Biggs died on Saturday, according to various media reports.
Hedge Fund News: Mark Zuckerberg, Mitt Romney, JPMorgan
Billionaire Mark Zuckerberg is giving new meaning to the term “the one percent.” The Facebook Inc.
Hedge Fund News: Boaz Weinstein, Russell Wasendorf, Twitter
New York City’s Fifth Avenue has a new resident from the hedge fund world.
Hedge Fund News: Lee Robinson, Mitt Romney, Procter & Gamble
Altana Wealth, the Monaco-based hedge fund firm set up by Lee Robinson, saw its two hedge funds suffer big drops in June, leaving them both with double-digit losses for the year...
Hedge Fund News: Harbinger, John Paulson, George Soros
Phil Falcone, the embattled billionaire hedge fund manager, has put together an unorthodox IPO that will see his hedge fund firm contribute assets valued at $350 million to a ...
Hedge Fund News: John Burbank, Steven Cohen, Telus Corp
Passport Capital LLC, the $3.4 billion hedge fund founded by John Burbank, plans to wind down its materials fund after a 31 percent loss this year, according to a letter to investors...
Hedge Fund News: Nouriel Roubini, Mitt Romney, HedgeServ
At Heard & Scene, we're often asked what—and who—may be about to burst on to the scene.
Hedge Fund News: Crispin Odey, George Soros, David Einhorn
Crispin Odey, one of Europe's best-known hedge fund managers, has spotted an opportunity in shares in UK bank Barclays amidst the growing scandal over interest rate rigging.
Warren Buffett News: The Man Who Moves Markets With A Single Word
Warren Buffett, the world’s third richest person and chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A, BRK-B) has been called many things over the years.
Hedge Fund News: Philip Falcone, David Einhorn, Paul Singer
The hedge fund manager who challenged the US wireless broadband connectivity system by launching a cheaper alternative has been under investigation by the SEC for alleged manipulation...
Hedge Fund News: Barclays, Carl Icahn, John Paulson
Marcus Agius, the chairman of Barclays, resigned on Monday, less than a week after the big British bank agreed to pay $450 million to settle accusations that it had tried to manipulate...
Hedge Fund News: Leon Cooperman, Marc Faber, Stark Investments
Stark Investments will close three of its hedge funds, including its flagship, as its assets under management dwindle.
Warren Buffett News: Why You Can’t Invest Like Warren Buffett
No investor is more closely watched and more imitated than Warren Buffett.
Hedge Fund News: Bill Gross, Kenneth Dart, Argonaut Capital
On a scorching April morning in Monterrey, Mexico, Enrique Garcia, Vitro SAB’s local plant manager, crosses under a mural that commemorates the 100th anniversary of the company...
Hedge Fund News: George Soros, William Ackman, Carl Icahn
A settlement announced Sunday will bring $405 million to victims of Bernard Madoff's historic investment scam, the state attorney general said.
Hedge Fund News: Philip Falcone, Nelson Peltz, Carl Icahn
Philip Falcone’s hedge fund, having taken out a loan earlier this year at an effective annual interest rate of 24 percent, has found a new source of financing: the money-management...
Hedge Fund News: Brevan Howard, Kenneth Griffin, Man Group
The head of a joint venture between Samena Capital and Reyl & Cie says the global crisis was tough, but produced good hedge seeding opportunities in Asia.
Hedge Fund News: Mitt Romney, George Soros, Warren Buffett
Jay Eisenhofer and Matthew P. Morris are partners with the shareholder rights law firm Grant & Eisenhofer.
