Pom-poms 'help reduce fear of crime'
Pom-poms and knitted items are strung from trees and lampposts to reduce the fear of crime in an area of Leicester.
View ArticleSpringsteen to play Hard Rock again
Bruce Springsteen agrees to return as a headline act to London's Hard Rock Calling festival despite organisers pulling the plug on his show last year after it over-ran.
View ArticlePPI complaints rise 'unprecedented'
The financial ombudsman service is taking on 2,000 new cases a day following PPI complaints, with numbers rising at "unprecedented" rates.
View ArticleBond Trustees Seek $13.2M for Work on Tribune Chapter 11
The leaders of two bondholder groups that pushed Tribune Co. to confront its disastrous leveraged buyout are now seeking reimbursement of $13.2 million as reward for their efforts, which they say...
View ArticleResCap Argues for Continued Control Over Its Restructuring
Residential Capital LLC is nowhere near ready to cede control of its bankruptcy case. In a Friday filing with U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan, the Ally Financial Inc. mortgage subsidiary said...
View ArticleCourt Confirms American Suzuki's Bankruptcy-Exit Plan
American Suzuki Motor Corp. has received court approval for its bankruptcy-exit plan, moving it a step closer to reorganizing operations under a newly formed unit of parent Suzuki Motor Corp.
View ArticleAhern Fights Bondholder Bid to Take Over Company
Donald Ahern is protesting a bondholder group's Chapter 11 plan that would strip him of ownership of Ahern Rentals Inc., the struggling Nevada equipment rental company founded by his father.
View ArticleJudge Rejects Banks' Attempt to Undo MBIA Restructuring
A New York Supreme Court judge on Monday rejected an attempt by several banks to reverse the crisis-era restructuring of bond insurer MBIA Inc.
View ArticleGarlock Wins Access to Detailed Asbestos Court Records
Gasket maker Garlock Sealing Technologies LLC won the right to peruse the client lists of asbestos plaintiff lawyers in nine big corporate bankruptcy cases as it prepares to fend off accusations that...
View ArticleCompanies To Watch: MBIA Insurance Corp., Porter Bancorp Inc.
MBIA Insurance Corp. Going Concern Auditors have expressed substantial doubt about the ability of MBIA Inc. unit MBIA Insurance Corp. to continue as a going concern. In a filing with the Securities and...
View ArticleNew Opel CEO Convinced Firm Can Get Back on Track
The new chief executive of General Motors Co.'s German Adam Opel unit, Karl-Thomas Neumann, wants to bring the ailing auto maker back on track.
View ArticleSteven A. Cohen may face SEC suit, gas price spikes blamed on speculators,...
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View ArticleSEC Form D filings for Feb. 20, 2013
Under the Securities Act of 1933, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission allows companies to offer securities for sale without having to register those securities or file periodic reports,...
View ArticleHedgeWorldâs hot 5 data chart(s): convertible arbitrage - January 2013
Here we take a look at January 2013 absolute performance for the top 5 convertible arbitrage funds in two categories - all funds and U.S.-only funds - as tracked by Lipper’s hedge fund database. To see...
View ArticleBenros Capital to close, Paloma seeds Reef Road, Odey to launch UCITS fund,...
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View ArticleSEC Form D filings for Feb. 21, 2013
Under the Securities Act of 1933, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission allows companies to offer securities for sale without having to register those securities or file periodic reports,...
View ArticleHedgeWorldâs hot 5 data chart(s): dedicated short bias - January 2013
Here we take a look at January 2013 absolute performance for the top 5 dedicated short bias funds in two categories - all funds and U.S.-only funds - as tracked by Lipper’s hedge fund database. To see...
View ArticleStanley Druckenmiller says Congress is not getting the market signal
Stanley Druckenmiller, Duquesne Capital Founder, explains what the Fed is doing wrong, the state of the economy and the number-one threat to young people’s financial futures. “The biggest unintended...
View ArticleTransaction tax odds in Congress, Einhornâs âiPrefsâ, hedge...
What’s news around the hedge fund industry for Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013:read more...
View ArticleHedgeWorldâs hot 5 data chart(s): emerging markets (pure) - January 2013
Here we take a look at January 2013 absolute performance for the top 5 pure emerging markets funds in two categories - all funds and U.S.-only funds - as tracked by Lipper’s hedge fund database. To see...
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