Tag Archives: lent
Hedge funds shut out as banks win IMO
Times Online – A group of banks that financed the £450 million leveraged buy-out (LBO) of car wash group IMO will take control of the struggling business leaving a rival group of hedge fund investors with nothing. In a High […]
Elliott Associates, Hollywood Power Player
msnbc.com – He is hardly your average movie investor. He cultivates his privacy, and he heads a $13 billion hedge fund that, unlike those run by Carl Icahn and others, rarely mounts a proxy fight. But while most Hollywood bankers […]
Olympic village draining city’s cash reserves
Globe and Mail – The multimillion-dollar bills continue to creep up on the Olympic village project. The city has stashed $25-million into a contingency reserve for the project, while its property endowment fund has now disbursed $100-million for the city’s […]
Washington’s reluctant auto bailout
CNNMoney.com – General Motors and Chrysler LLC have about a week or less before they find out if they’ll get the additional help they need from taxpayers, creditors and unions to avoid bankruptcy. What they already know is that any […]