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J.P. Morgan's banking unit is seeking more than $753 million from a fund overseen by a Texas private-investment firm controlled by the family of Ross Perot.
SiliconRepublic.com (Free subscription) | 11/27/2008
In May, Texan billionaire Ross Perot's IT services firm, Perot Systems, acquired Irish software company Original Solutions Consulting for an undisclosed sum. Jim Champy is chairman of Perot Systems
PoliPundit.com (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
This sounds like Ross Perot but is it Bush in 2001/02 or Obama in 2008? "As soon as the recovery is well under way, we need to set up a long-term plan to reduce the structural deficit and make sure we are not leaving a mountain of debt for the next ...
FrontBurner (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
Yesterday it was revealed that a hedge fund controlled by the Perot family is being forced to liquidate. Parkcentral Global Hub was worth $2.5 billion earlier this year; now it’s worth $1.5 billion. The rumor I’m hearing is that Ross Perot himself lost somewhere north of $200 million in the fund. Forbes recently put his [...]
Freakonomics (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
We just finished up . Now it’s Ross Perot’s turn. Perot ran for president in 1992 as an independent candidate, winning 19 percent of the vote; he ran in 1996 on the Reform Party ticket, winning 8 percent of the vote.
DealBreaker (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
That giant sucking sound you hear is your hedge fund liquidating. Or, it is if you are Ross Perot. The former presidential hopeful's fund Parkcentral Global Hub Ltd., had apparently levered up in a big way and the unwinding is proving to be painful. One surmises from the article that a crash in commercial mortgage backed securities is one cause. We urge Mr. Perot not to feel too bad. There is a long...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
Take a creaking CMBS market, mix in some leverage and voila: liquidation, just like that. The Journal reports that one of the first to explode was one invested in and backed by Ross Perot, the man who might have been President: Parkcentral Global Hub Ltd., the fund overseen by Parkcentral Capital Management LP, a Plano, Texas, firm controlled by the Perot family, peaked this year at $2.5 billion in...
Business Daily Reviews (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
Parkcentral Capital Management, an investment firm that manages money for the family of Ross Perot, is liquidating a fixed-income hedge fund because it is “no longer viable.” Source
The Star-Ledger (Free subscription) | 11/21/2008
A Newton-based medical Internet service provider has been purchased by an information technology company founded by former independent presidential candidate Ross Perot. ¶ A majority of assets of Tellurian Networks Inc. were purchased last week by Perot Systems Corp., of...
Mount Virtus (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
Via Face The State, judging by the plethora of applicants for Colorado’s Secretary of State job, perhaps I should have sent in a resume myself. I’ve never taught yoga, played lacrosse, or met Ross Perot, but what the heck? You can cast your own vote for which one of the 20 applicants is most deserving [...]
Overheard in New York (Free subscription) | 11/17/2008
Man #1 (referring to Sarah Palin) : Yeah, she's beautiful. She'll eventually become a TV star... Fox'll give her a job. Man #2 : Exactly. I wouldn't want her to be president, but I'd want to see her naked. --7 Train Overheard by: emma Alsome | Thumbs up | Thumbs down | Link · Email · Quote this! · Del.icio.us · Posted 2008-11-17
Political Partying (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
Did you know… Ross Perot, Jr. was the first person to fly a helicopter around the world?
World Culture Pictorial (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008
(quote) In 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected as a 3rd party US presidential candidate. When Abraham Lincoln ran for office, the two major parties were the Whigs and the Democrats. As a Republican, Lincoln was elected as a third party candidate - even after being left off the ballot in the 11 states that seceded from the Union. In 1992, for the last time a 3rd party candidate, Ross Perot, was heard...
GregsOpinion.com (Free subscription) | 11/08/2008
NYT Mag: The Other Winner (Matt Bai) Some quality reading here ... The real trend line in our politics -- from Ross Perot and Bill Clinton in 1992 to Obama this year -- speaks not to any change in governing...
Inventor Spot (Free subscription) | 11/08/2008
Next month at Sotheby’s auction house in New York a landmark sale is slated to take place. It will include prized relics from the Soviet era of space exploration that are owned by American billionaire, Ross Perot, who purchased them back in the 90s. Read on, but remember there are no exchanges or returns.
