Tag Archives: wall street
CIT may sell aviation-finance, rail-finance ops: report
Reuters – CIT Group Inc (CIT.N), which is looking at selling off some assets, is most likely to sell its aviation-finance and rail-finance operations, the Wall Street Journal said, citing sources familiar with the matter. The people, who said evaluations […]
Gold Gains as Economy Outlook Boosts Demand for Inflation Hedge
Bloomberg – Gold climbed in Asian trading as equity gains and an improving economic outlook boosted demand for the metal as a hedge against accelerating prices. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index of equities gained for a sixth day after an […]
For New Jersey Governor, a New Fund-Raising Reality
New York Times Blogs – Of all the gloomy economic indicators since the Wall Street collapse, perhaps the most startling one seen by New Jersey residents is this: Gov. Jon S. Corzine with his hand out. Mr. Corzine, whose investments […]
Madoff gets 150 years for massive fraud
Reuters – Bernard Madoff was sentenced on Monday to 150 years in prison — the maximum penalty the judge could give him for "extraordinarily evil" crimes in Wall Street’s biggest and most brazen investment fraud. Fleeced investors in the courtroom […]
Macquarie’s pioneering funds model under pressure
Reuters – Australian investment bank Macquarie Group Ltd has managed to quell concerns on its capital position but is now bracing for its next big challenge of the global credit crisis: how to prevent its world-renowned specialist listed-funds model from […]
Stock futures flat ahead of Madoff sentencing
Reuters – Dow Jones futures dipped 0.1 percent, S&P 500 futures were down 0.01 percent while Nasdaq futures traded 0.02 percent higher on Monday morning at 4:45 a.m. EDT, pointing to a flat opening for Wall Street’s main equity indexes. […]
Hedge Funds Must Be Prepared For Swine Flu Pandemic
Wall Street & Technology – Although talk of the swine flu has largely been out of the media for the past few weeks, a rush of new cases of the H1N1 virus is expected to hit financial centers in the […]
CIC To Invest $500M In Blackstone Fund
Forbes – Chinese sovereign wealth fund China Investment Corp is poised to invest around $500 million into a Blackstone Group hedge fund unit, a source familiar with the situation said on Friday. The Wall Street Journal earlier reported the news […]
”I would shut down the hedge fund industry”
Salon – John R. Talbott is a former investment banker with Goldman Sachs and the author of "The 86 Biggest Lies on Wall Street," "Contagion," "Obamanomics," and "The Coming Crash in the Housing Market." Simon Johnson, the former chief economist […]