11 posts and columns on hedge funds

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Some Facebook Underwriters Helped Short Sellers

in News on May 25 at 6:00 am PT

As traders at Morgan Stanley were frantically trying to shore up Facebook Inc.’s share price following the company’s initial public offering, other managers on the deal were helping short sellers bet that the newly minted stock would fall.

A Bad Day for the Salesforce Kool-Aid (Video)

in Enterprise on October 26, 2011 at 2:35 pm PT

Hedge fund manager Whitney Tilson questions Saleforce.com’s valuation, and the shares promptly fall.
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Palantir’s $2.5 Billion Mystery, Solved

in News on October 7, 2011 at 10:16 am PT

The secretive data company has closed a $70 million funding round at an implied valuation of $2.5 billion. And now we know who its new investors are.
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Dish, Icahn Make Bids for Blockbuster

in News on April 1, 2011 at 8:42 am PT

Dish Network Corp., the satellite-television company controlled by Charlie Ergen, and billionaire investor Carl Icahn have each submitted bids for Blockbuster Inc. ahead of a bankruptcy court auction next week, said people familiar with the matter.

Goldman-Facebook Investment Vehicle Already Full; SEC Eyes Disclosure Rules

in Social on January 5, 2011 at 3:09 pm PT

Goldman Sachs has already received “several billion dollars” worth of commitments to its “special-purpose vehicle” for investing in $1.5 billion worth of Facebook stock, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Seventh Person Arrested in Insider Trading Probe

in Enterprise on December 29, 2010 at 12:17 pm PT

Another arrest of an expert consultant in the ever-widening FBI investigation into insider trading of tech companies.

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Microsoft Tries to Make Computers More Super

in News on May 17, 2010 at 2:54 pm PT

Microsoft has formed a new group to better its share of the market for the most powerful computers in the world. Its plan of attack: Make the machines easier to use.

Société Ridicule

in News on January 25, 2008 at 8:43 am PT

How ironic is it that Société Générale, the French bank responsible for the biggest fraud in investment banking history, was just this month named Equity Derivatives House of the Year by the financial risk-management magazine Risk?