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Lehman Balks at J.P. Morgan's Bid to Block Questioning

The sniping over Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.'s attempt to question the trader known as the "London Whale" over derivatives hedges resumed Tuesday, with the failed investment bank criticizing what it...

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Judge: Heller Ehrman Is Owed Unfinished Business Profits

Heller Ehrman LLP is entitled to some of the profits from the unfinished business its former partners took to their new jobs at firms like Jones Day LLP, a bankruptcy judge said in a ruling that bodes...

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Knight to Keep Former Penson Brokerage in Getco Merger

Knight Capital Group Inc. plans to keep its small futures-brokerage unit following a planned takeover by Getco LLC as part of a push by Knight into trading services.

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GM, Chrysler Aim to Revive Production of Small Trucks

Rising fuel prices have General Motors Co. and Chrysler Group LLC taking a second look at peddling smaller pickup trucks---vehicles that the Detroit Three auto makers abandoned in the U.S. amid weak...

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Corporate Defaults Rise in Fiscally Stressed Europe

Depressed economic conditions and contracting local bank lending have caused an increase in speculative grade defaults for companies in fiscally stressed Europe in 2012, particularly in Spain and...

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Travelport Plans to Restructure Its $3 Billion Debt Load

Travelport Holdings Ltd., whose technology allows travel agents to search for and compare travel fares, announced a plan Tuesday to refinance and restructure financial obligations to address debt...

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HSBC Resigns From Drydocks Restructuring Committee

U.K. lender HSBC Holdings PLC has stepped down as chair of the committee that is overseeing the $2.2 billion restructuring of Drydocks World, a move that may complicate the implementation of the...

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Revel Overhauls Management Ahead of Planned Bankruptcy

The owners of the struggling Revel casino in Atlantic City announced Wednesday that the longtime top executives who developed and ran the gambling enterprise will be stepping aside as the casino...

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Creditors Panel, Sungard Protest Penson Exit Plan Proposal

Bondholders are on board with Penson Worldwide Inc.'s Chapter 11 plan, but unsecured creditors say the former securities handler's bankruptcy proposal is "rife with potential conflicts."

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Lehman Brothers Judge Allows 'London Whale' Subpoena

A judge on Wednesday said Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. creditors can subpoena Bruno Iksil in its lawsuit against J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., ensuring the phrase "London Whale" will stay in the...

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Arcapita Seeks More Time to Get Support for Payment Plan

Bahrain's Arcapita Bank is seeking more time under U.S. bankruptcy court protection as it continues talks with its creditors over the details of its plan to wind down its portfolio companies.

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Jefferson County Aims to File Chapter 9 Plan in Early June

Jefferson County, Ala., leaders expect to file a bankruptcy-exit plan to the court in early June that will show how much it intends to pay back bondholders who extended $3.6 billion to fix its leaky...

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Junk Bonds Yields Hit New Low as Demand Lifts Prices

Yields on junk bonds fell to a new record low, hitting 5.56% after dipping below 6% for the first time in January. The record---reached Tuesday, the latest data available---signals that a wave of...

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Firm Retention Summary: Geokinetics Inc.

This is a summary of a request from Geokinetics Inc. to hire Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP as counsel, filed March 11 with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Del.

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SEC Form D filings for March 5, 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,...

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A performance chaser, knife catcher, and seed investor walk into a...

Our weekly newsletter is out, and no, this isn’t the start to a trite “inside baseball” financial joke. Don’t get us wrong – we love a laugh – but bad investing habits are no laughing matter. We’ve...

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Broken Brent, hedge fund noise and static fundamentals

(John Kemp is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)read more...

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HedgeWorldâs hot 5 data chart(s): managed futures - January 2013

Here we take a look at January 2013 absolute performance for the top 5 managed futures funds in two categories - all funds and U.S.-only funds - as tracked by Lipper’s hedge fund database. To see more...

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Hedge fund industry predictions vs. reality, leverage approaching â07...

What’s news around the hedge fund industry for Tuesday, March 5, 2013:read more...

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Can market volatility be predicted? I say no; a volatility trader disagrees

Unfamiliar to even many sophisticated asset managers, volatility investing provides unique opportunities for risk management and market understanding.read more...

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