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The Baseline Scenario (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
The G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank governors are meeting today in St. Andrews, talking about the data they will need to look at in order to monitor each other’s economic performance and sustain growth (seriously). The underlying idea is that if you talk long enough about the US current account deficit and the Chinese surplus, stuff [...]
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Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
The widening probe of insider trading on Wall Street is expected to examine transactions at Steven A. Cohen's SAC, one of America's largest and most successful hedge funds.
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Financial Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
The world's biggest private equity company is targeting its competitors and hedge fund managers that have been weakened by the credit turmoil, after it enjoyed a third-quarter rebound
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Financial Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
Permira, the private equity group, has started exclusive talks to acquire Survitec, the maker of life rafts and anti-gravity suits
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USA Today (Free subscription) | yesterday
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway said Friday that third quarter net income tripled, as rising stock markets boosted its investment ...
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SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Research Recap submits: LBOs by Cerberus and Apollo are performing much worse than other private equity deals, while deals by KKR, JP Morgan and Welsh Carson have seen better performance. Excerpts from Private Equity: $640 Billion & 640 Days Later Complete Story »
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
BOCA RATON, Fla., Nov. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Enterprise Acquisition Corp. ("Enterprise") (NYSE Amex: EST; EST.U; EST.WS) and ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. ("ARMOUR") today announced the completion of their merger transaction. ARMOUR will immediately begin conducting business as a REIT, primarily investing in hybrid adjustable-rate, adjustable-rate and fixed-rate residential...
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday
Net income more than doubles as the insurance-focused conglomerate run by Warren Buffett benefited from a rebound in the value of its large equity investments and derivatives exposures.
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
MOULTRIE, Ga., Nov. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AMERIS BANCORP (Nasdaq GS: ABCB), announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Ameris Bank, has entered into a definitive agreement with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporate ("FDIC") to assume all of the deposits and acquire certain assets of United Security Bank, a full service bank headquartered in Sparta, Georgia, with an additional...
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Berkshire Hathaway said late Friday that third-quarter net income more than doubled as the insurance-focused conglomerate run by Warren Buffett benefited from a rebound in the value of its large equity investments and derivatives exposures. Third-quarter net income came in at $3.24 billion, or $2,087 per Class A equivalent share, versus $1.06 billion, or $682 per Class...
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24/7 Wall St. (Free subscription) | yesterday
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) has just reported its Q3-2009 earnings. This will be perhaps one of the last similar earnings reports with a relative comparisons because of its recent acquisition of Burlington Norther Santa Fe (NYSE: BNI). The ongoing selling of Moody’s Corp. (NYSE: MCO) will be very limited in comparison to [...]
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FelixSalmon.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
What happened to mutual-fund fees and expenses in the wake of the financial crisis? Lipper has crunched the numbers , and it seems that the tumble in the stock market didn't have much effect on expenses: Surprisingly, the median management expense for most asset classes was largely unchanged from 2008 levels; most exhibited changes of +/- a few tenths of a basis point. Fees, on the other hand, are...
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Healthcare Trust of America, Inc. (the "REIT"), a self-managed, non-traded, real estate investment trust, announced the execution of a Purchase and Sale Agreement (the "Agreement") to acquire a medical office building located in Englewood, Colorado for approximately $18,600,000.
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SeekingAlpha ETFs (Free subscription) | yesterday
Felix Salmon submits: What happened to mutual-fund fees and expenses in the wake of the financial crisis? Lipper has crunched the numbers , and it seems that the tumble in the stock market didn’t have much effect on expenses: Surprisingly, the median management expense for most asset classes was largely unchanged from 2008 levels; most exhibited changes of +/- a few tenths of a basis point....
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Peter Brooke | 03/09/2009
The challenge of entrepreneurs with a new business idea to raise enough money to start up can be daunting. Enter Angelsoft, a company who has just unveiled a search engine specifically engineered to locate investors. The company Angelsoft makes software for investors that enables them to manage their workflow, and runs a website for investors and entrepreneurs. Angelsoft took into consideration the...
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kacyvale | 03/09/2009
Diversify Your Solo 401k and Decrease Portfolio Risk With Real Estate, Gold and Private Equity.
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trymi | 02/17/2009
It was reported awhile back that GM intended to sell its Hummer brand and lately a Chinese company and a private equity firm have showed interest. Joanne Krell, GM spokesperson would not comment on any possible buyers but established the fact that the review of the Hummer brand is ongoing.
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