Monthly Archives: September 2003
PR Newswire National Summary, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 10 a.m. to noon ET
<body.content> <block> <p>Following is a summary of news releases transmitted between 10 a.m. and noon by PR Newswire. The full text of these releases is available at the PRNewswire for Journalists, http://media.prnewswire.com/.</p> <p style=”pre” id=”pre1″> CGTU047 09/16/2003 10:00 r f […]
Charges Filed in Mutual Fund Trading Case
NEW YORK (AP) – State and federal securities regulators filed criminal and civil charges Tuesday against a former employee of Bank of America over illegal mutual fund trading practices. New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer announced felony larceny and securities […]
Charges Filed in N.Y. Mutual Fund Case
NEW YORK (AP) – State and federal authorities filed criminal and civil charges Tuesday against a former employee of Bank of America over illegal mutual fund trades they say cost investors tens ofmillions of dollars. Theodore Sihpol III, 36, surrendered […]
Fighting to save its bacon
PPL Therapeutics is best known for cloning Dolly the sheep in 1996, but its first major breakthrough in the laboratory came six years earlier with the birth of Tracy the transgenic sheep, whoproduced human protein in her milk. Tracy passed […]
Criminal, civil charges filed against Bank of America employee in
NEW YORK (AP) — State officials Tuesday filed the first criminal counts in their investigation of mutual fund trading practices, charging a former Bank of America employee with grand larceny andsecurities fraud. New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer announced the […]
Charges Planned in N.Y. Mutual Fund Case
State and federal securities regulators have prepared criminal and civil charges against a former employee of Bank of America over illegal mutual fund trading practices, a source familiar with thecase said Tuesday. New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer planned an […]
Mass. Regulators Seek Putnam Documents
State securities officials were probing possible improper market timing at one of Putnam Investments’ international funds. Secretary of State William Galvin said Monday subpoenas were issued Thursday, regarding trades at the firm’s International Capital Opportunities Fund between January and September […]
TNI Securities Announces Partnership with Leading Independent Research Firm
<body.content> <block> <p>CHICAGO, Sept. 16 /PRNewswire/ — TNI Securities ( http://www.tnisecurities.com/ ), a division of Terra Nova Trading, L.L.C., is pleased to announce a newpartnership with Foresight Investment Solutions, LLC ( http://www.fispartners.com/ ), a leading independent research firm headquartered in […]
Jeff Perry to join Kynikos Associates as Managing Director, and as Co-Manager of The Kynikos Opportunity Fund
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sept. 16, 2003–Kynikos Associates announced today that Jeffrey R. Perry has joined the firm as a Managing Director. Perry will also co-manage the new Kynikos OpportunityFund along with Kynikos President, James Chanos. Chanos said, “We are very excited […]
Directional/Tactical Sector Leads August Hedge Fund Returns
<body.content> <block> <p>NEW YORK, Sept. 16 /PRNewswire/ — August hedge fund performance, as measured by the broad nine-strategy Standard & Poor’s Hedge Fund Index(S&P HFI), ended August positive with a 0.51% return.</p> <p>According to Standard & Poor’s, most of August’s […]
Eze Castle Software Signs 30th New Client for 2003
BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sept. 16, 2003–Eze Castle Software (ECS), a leading provider of order management software (OMS), announced today that they signed their 30th new client for 2003. ECS nowservices more than 180 clients, with new client engagements including four successful replacements […]
PPL put up for sale as business plan rejected
PPL Therapeutics, the former star of Scotland’s biotechnology industry, bowed to the inevitable yesterday as it put itself up for sale after failing to win sufficient backing from shareholders forits scaled-back business plan. Analysts doubt a buyer will be found […]