Monthly Archives: January 2009
Bank of America Receives $138 Billion of Rescue Funds
Bloomberg – Bank of America Corp., the largest U.S. bank by assets, received a $138 billion emergency lifeline from the government to support its acquisition of Merrill Lynch & Co. and prevent the global financial crisis from deepening. The U.S. […]
Dreier Details $380 Million Spent on Law Firm, Art, Investments
Bloomberg – Marc Dreier, the New York lawyer accused of cheating hedge funds, lost part of the $380 million that prosecutors say he stole in failed investments and used the rest to repay the funds, cover his firm’s expenses and […]
Hedge funds’ unlikely leader
CNNMoney.com – When the headhunter first called Richard Baker in late 2007 and asked him if he was interested in becoming president and CEO of the Managed Funds Association – the hedge fund trade group – Baker thought it was […]
Inquiry started of financier who invested with Madoff
International Herald Tribune – J. Ezra Merkin, a New York financier, wrote his investors last month that he too was shocked by the news that Bernard Madoff’s hedge fund was an elaborate Ponzi scheme. But not everyone sees him as a […]
G30 says broken financial system badly needs repair
Reuters – The G30, a group of high-profile economists and policy-makers, on Thursday called for changes in international financial regulation to help avoid future meltdowns, but its recommendations were vague and non-binding. In findings that made no reference to the […]
Four in hedge fund sting convicted
Newsday – Maybe you heard the one about the phony multibillion-dollar Long Island hedge fund that was actually performing a public service. No? Well, apparently neither did four confidence men, according to federal prosecutors. The four were convicted yesterday in […]
ACF, Bank of America Sue Hedge Fund Steel Partners
CNNMoney.com – ACF Industries and Bank of America Corp. (BAC) are suing hedge fund Steel Partners, accusing the fund of fraud by failing to tell investors of plans to go public, Reuters reported Wednesday. Reuters says ACF, which court documents […]
Apple’s Jobs takes medical leave, shares tumble
Yahoo News – Apple Inc chief and tech visionary Steve Jobs will take a leave of absence till end-June because of health problems "more complex" than thought, backtracking on reassurances, stunning investors and sending its shares skidding 10 percent on Wednesday. […]
Shapiro a Madoff Victim
HorseRaceInsider.com – Richard Shapiro, former chairman of the Califorinia Horse Racing Board, has been "devastated" financially by the $50-billion Ponzi scheme that was engineered by Bernard Madoff, according to a letter that Shapiro wrote to a U.S. Congressman. "Nearly all […]