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<title>Hedge Funds: SEC re-opens probe of Samberg&#39;s Pequot Capital</title>
<link>http://consumer.einnews.com/news.php?wid=207178273</link>
<pubDate>8 Jan 2009 21:08 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Madoff just the start of post-bubble scandals</title>
<link>http://consumer.einnews.com/news.php?wid=207175380</link>
<pubDate>8 Jan 2009 20:36 GMT</pubDate>
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...  bounds. They gravitate to bubbles, from real estate to telemarketing to stock promotions and hedge funds, in order to swindle for fun and profit. They are flexible and move to  ...
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<title>Madoff had &#39;$173m in cheques in office&#39;</title>
<link>http://consumer.einnews.com/news.php?wid=207173632</link>
<pubDate>8 Jan 2009 20:34 GMT</pubDate>
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...  and Nicola Horlick, the UK asset manager dubbed &quot;superwoman&quot;. Scores of banks, charities, and hedge funds worldwide have said they lost money invested with Madoff. The Spanish bank Santander, which  ...
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<title>Goldman, Morgan Between Rock and Hard Place</title>
<link>http://consumer.einnews.com/news.php?wid=207171756</link>
<pubDate>8 Jan 2009 20:31 GMT</pubDate>
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...  for that job, nor does running a hedge fund which ultimately failed. If George Steinbrenner were  ...  many industries to pick on here -- hedge funds, automakers, retailers, banks, restaurants -- where capacity  ...
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<title>Bernard Madoff Moved $160 Million Of Assets To UK Firm</title>
<link>http://consumer.einnews.com/news.php?wid=207170380</link>
<pubDate>8 Jan 2009 20:29 GMT</pubDate>
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...  liquidators in Britain. Madoff Securities International Ltd, based in London&#39;s Mayfair, a honeypot for hedge funds, was authorized by Britain&#39;s Financial Services Authority and is currently in liquidation. The firm  ...
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<title>Philadelphia-area man charged in $50M Ponzi scheme</title>
<link>http://consumer.einnews.com/news.php?wid=207170235</link>
<pubDate>8 Jan 2009 20:29 GMT</pubDate>
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...  of individuals  including ordinary people and Hollywood celebrities  as well as big hedge funds, international banks and charities around the globe lost money investing with Madoff. ...
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<title>Merkel Moves to Heat Up German Economy</title>
<link>http://consumer.einnews.com/news.php?wid=207169818</link>
<pubDate>8 Jan 2009 20:29 GMT</pubDate>
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...  G20, which meets again in April, has been pressing for tough regulation of banks, hedge funds and private equity. Next week, Merkel plays host to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown,  ...
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<title>Economic downturn causing financiers to take their own lives</title>
<link>http://consumer.einnews.com/news.php?wid=207169483</link>
<pubDate>8 Jan 2009 20:10 GMT</pubDate>
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...  certain cases, the credit crunch has exposed a longer term vulnerability. A San Francisco hedge fund manager, Eric Von der Porten, took his own life last month when his fund  ...
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<title>UPDATE 3-France, Germany say U.S. must listen in G20 talks</title>
<link>http://consumer.einnews.com/news.php?wid=207168654</link>
<pubDate>8 Jan 2009 20:04 GMT</pubDate>
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...  had made in the past, such as failing to push through tougher regulation of hedge funds on an international level. She also put forward the idea of an &#39;economic council&#39;  ...
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<title>Peacocks plans store expansion</title>
<link>http://consumer.einnews.com/news.php?wid=207167732</link>
<pubDate>8 Jan 2009 20:01 GMT</pubDate>
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...  We think theres a great opportunity, he said. Och-Ziff and Perry Capital, the US hedge funds that are Peacocks leading shareholders, have agreed to invest an additional 20m of equity  ...
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<title>Prosecutors: Madoff tried to protect $300M</title>
<link>http://consumer.einnews.com/news.php?wid=207167127</link>
<pubDate>8 Jan 2009 19:59 GMT</pubDate>
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...  restrictions. Madoff&#39;s alleged $50 billion Ponzi scheme disrupted an already fragile financial system, affecting hedge funds and well-heeled investors on Wall Street, in Florida and in Europe. Alleged victims include  ...
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<title>SEC reopens insider-trading probe of Pequot hedge fund; new information from divorce case</title>
<link>http://consumer.einnews.com/news.php?wid=207166938</link>
<pubDate>8 Jan 2009 19:59 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Norm Pattis, didn&#39;t immediately return a telephone call seeking comment. Pequot, a $4.3 billion hedge fund based in , Conn., and its founder and chairman, Arthur Samberg, have denied any  ...
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<title>Norway, TIAA-CREF vets on ABP panel</title>
<link>http://consumer.einnews.com/news.php?wid=207166581</link>
<pubDate>8 Jan 2009 19:58 GMT</pubDate>
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...  of luring U.S institutions into his alleged $50 billion Ponzi scheme because elite U.S. hedge fund-of-funds managers stood solidly in the way. Some institutional investors are ending their portable alpha  ...
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<title>Schwab to lead real estate at ADIA</title>
<link>http://consumer.einnews.com/news.php?wid=207166580</link>
<pubDate>8 Jan 2009 19:58 GMT</pubDate>
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...  of luring U.S institutions into his alleged $50 billion Ponzi scheme because elite U.S. hedge fund-of-funds managers stood solidly in the way. Some institutional investors are ending their portable alpha  ...
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<title>US financial regulation fixes urgently needed-GAO</title>
<link>http://consumer.einnews.com/news.php?wid=207165754</link>
<pubDate>8 Jan 2009 19:57 GMT</pubDate>
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...  saying policymakers should rein in unconstrained leverage at lightly regulated financial firms such as hedge funds and financial guarantee insurers. &quot;Regulatory reform proposals should also consider statutory mandates for leverage  ...
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