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Hedge Funds May Get $11 Billion Frozen at Lehman
Lehman Brothers International , where more than $35 billion of hedge fund assets have been frozen since the bank's collapse last September, could return about $11 billion to fund managers by March if enough firms approve a new plan.
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The dirtiest word on Wall Street gets a makeover
"Bonus" has become a dirty word on Wall Street , prompting image consultants to advise the biggest financial firms to use euphemisms that carry less stigma as the season of lavish payouts approaches.
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Bear Stearns, Lehman Execs Kept Billions . . .
Everyone knows that senior execs at Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers were paid largely in stock, and that they lost most of their wealth when the companies collapsed, right? Turns out, not so much: "Three professors at Harvard are disputing that logic in a new study, saying it is an urban myth that executives at Bear and Lehman were wiped out along ...
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Lindsay, Auletta Discuss News Corp, Microsoft and Google: Video
Nov. 23 -- Jeffrey Lindsay, senior analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Inc., and Ken Auletta, author of "Googled: The End of the World as We Know It," talk with Bloomberg's Matt Miller and Carol Massar about News Corp.'s consideration to block Google Inc.'s Internet search engine from displaying its news articles.
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Goldman seeks more CanWest control
Goldman Sachs & Co. is attempting to undermine the power of U.S. distressed debt funds that control CanWest Global Communications Corp.
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Shareholders demand Goldman bonuses
Protesters at the Washington office of Goldman Sachs this week demand that the bank's bonuses and compensation go to help prevent foreclosures.
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Lawyers compare four cases to Prade's
New York attorney Barry Scheck was part of the defense team that represented O.J. Simpson in his 1995 murder trial.
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Too-big-to-fail banks need health care victory
Investors are wondering just how far Congress will go toward breaking up big banks.
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Urban League and partner to offer small biz loans
The National Urban League is teaming with a small-business financial specialist to offer loans to companies unable to get approved by banks.
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India may get $1 bn IT outsourcing contracts
The newspaper said JPMorgan , Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley that received approval to buy back government stake worth $68 billion earlier this year are among the firms seeking operational efficiencies by outsourcing non-core IT and back-office projects to India Monday, November 23, 2009 MUMBAI, INDIA: Leading Indian outsourcers such as Tata ...
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CF wins victory in Terra fight
Ernest Scheyder and Michael Erman New York - Reuters Published on Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 11:09AM EST Last updated on Friday, Nov.
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NY Times to Goldman Sachs: Pay up to cut public debt
A New York Times editorial slammed Goldman Sachs for its role in the financial crisis and said that instead of paying big bonuses to its employees it should make a multibillion-dollar gift to help reduce the U.S. national debt.
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Microvision offering $21 million in common stock
Microvision Inc., which focuses on light scanning technology, said Thursday it is publicly offering $21 million in common stock.
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Go Ahead and Yell. Hea s Everyonea s Punching Bag.
DEVIN LEONARD ESTERO, Fla. Banks often hire Norman Radow to handle the myriad unpleasantries of the real estate mess.
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The Fed Backed Itself into a Corner
Over the years, I have warned a seemingly countless number of undergraduates that Fed's hold on monetary independence was tenuous at best.
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PhillyDeals: Bank bust-up bill will be DOA in US Senate: analysts
The full House of Representatives will likely pass Rep. Paul Kanjorski 's "Too Big to Fail" amendment, which allows regulators to break up big, complex, dangerous banks and other companies so they won't have to be bailed out.
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Ellis Not Surprised by Goldman Chief Blankfein's Apology: Video
Nov. 18 -- Charles Ellis, founder of Greenwich Associates and author of "The Partnership: The Making of Goldman Sachs," talks with Bloomberg's Deirdre Bolton and Erik Schatzker about yesterday's apology by Goldman's Chief Executive Officer Lloyd Blankfein for the firm's role in some of the activities leading to the financial crisis.
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JPMorgan in takeover of 190-year-old brokerage used by Queen
JPMorgan Chase , the second- largest US bank, will buy out its venture with Cazenove Group for 1bn , sealing the takeover of a 190-year-old British brokerage whose clients include the queen.
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Lewis: Morgan Stanley CEO's defiant speech clicks around the world
Morgan Stanley Chairman John Mack is becoming a YouTube sensation. A 26-minute video of a talk he gave on "Leadership in Crisis" at University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School last month has garnered more than 18,600 page views and 4.5 stars.
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Geithner asks banks to loan more
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner urged US banks to boost lending to small businesses and consumers, who still face "very challenging'' credit conditions and rising unemployment.
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