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Activist Hedge Fund Told To Cease and Desist

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net)- A preliminary injunction has ordered two officers of activist hedge fund Costa Brava Partnership III LP of Boston to cease and desist, refraining from all contact with former, current and future auditors of Telos Corporation. Costa […]

Hedge Funds Back MEVIO

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net)- Hedge funds Sequoia Capital, Sherpalo Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and DAG Ventures were led by Crosslink Capital in investing $15 million in entertainment network MEVIO. Adam Curry, co-founder and president of the company said, […]

Legendary investor Templeton dies

Reuters- John Templeton, a pioneering mutual fund manager, global investor and billionaire philanthropist, died of pneumonia in a hospital in the Bahamas on Tuesday, a spokeswoman at his foundation said. He was 95. Templeton, who started his career on Wall […]

Anheuser-Busch Fires Back at InBev, Files Suit

New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Budweiser maker Anheuser-Busch is suing InBev after declaring that their “bargain price” offer of $65 a share is illegal.  Anheuser-Busch accuses InBev of using “deceptive conduct” to try to win control of the company.   InBev recently […]

Bernanke Outlines Plans to Stabilize Economy, Expand Fed’s Authority

New York (HedgeCo.Net) – In an effort to stabilize U.S financial markets and prevent further turmoil in the economy, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke suggested expanding its control and authority over our country’s financial firms. Bernanke spoke at a Federal […]

Hedge Funds As Breakers, Not Makers, Of News

CNNMoney.com- Hedge funds hate to see their names in the headlines, but lately, they’ve been the ones breaking the news about companies they invest in. Daniel Loeb’s Third Point LLC disclosed in a Monday regulatory filing that Maguire Properties Inc. […]

Man Group in Gulf waste gas move

Financial Times – Man Group has teamed up with an Abu Dhabi-owned investment company to make electricity from the gas produced as a byproduct of oil drilling, which is currently wasted in the form of flaring. Abu Dhabi will inject […]

New Hedge Fund Launches Total Record $19.5 Billion in First Half

New York, July 8, 2008 — The Absolute Return New Funds Survey, published in the July/August issue of Absolute Return magazine, shows that new hedge fund launches this year in the Americas totaled $19.5 billion, with the top five funds […]

Carlyle Group to invest 87 mln usd in Chinas Sinorgchem

Quamnet.com – Private equity firm Carlyle Group said it has agreed to invest 87 mln usd in Shanghai-based chemical company Sinorgchem (Group) Co. Sinorgchem is the largest Chinese supplier of para-phenylenediames (PPDs), a key chemical additive in the production of […]

Yahoo/Microsoft Talks May Be Back On

New York (HedgeCo.Net) – After months of on-again off-again talks between Yahoo and Microsoft, the possibility of a merger looks to be back on.  According to the Wall Street Journal, Microsoft said they may be interested in restarting talks if […]

Hedge funds with high ambition

Times Online- Philip Falcone is used to demanding change from underperforming company executives, but yesterday he took Harbinger Capital, his activist hedge fund, into new territory. Complete with financial advisers and a big stake, Harbinger broke cover as a traditional […]

Bigger may be better as smaller hedge funds give up

Reuters UK- Bigger may really be better for hedge funds at a time the $2 trillion (1 trillion pound) industry’s smaller players face tough choices of either merging or being forced out of business. In the first six months of […]