Funds | Hedge Funds

Launches of new hedge funds are set to rise for the first time since 2005.

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Stimulus funds are going where they are needed Ray LaHood, U.S. Secretary of Transportation - Washington, D.C. USA TODAY took a wrong turn in its analysis of how American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds are being spent (”Stimulus not going…

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Stable value funds can provide higher yields and lower risk.

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Hedge funds, it seems, are getting high on sugar. Massive bets by hedge funds are pushing sugar prices near 30-year highs, much like their previous moves on crude oil sent prices doubling, The New York Post reported.

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Sugar is the new crude oil for investment-hungry hedge funds, which are pushing sugar prices near 30-year highs and ushering new global shortages. After their infamous and massive bets on crude oil sent prices doubling and brought $5-a-gallon gaso…

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Sept. 30 (Bloomberg) — Ameriprise Financial Inc . agreed to buy the Columbia stock and bond funds from Bank of America Corp. for as much as $1.2 billion in cash, the biggest purchase by the investment and insurance company since its spinoff from American Express Co.

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HONG KONG/SHANGHAI, Sept 30 (Reuters) - The management of Sina Corp led by its chief executive, Charles Chao, is in talks with private equity funds to back a plan for them to buy about $180 million worth of shares, sources familiar with the situation said on Wednesday.

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Sept. 30 (Bloomberg) — UniCredit SpA will shun state aid and seek to raise 4 billion euros ($5.8 billion) selling stock, making it the third European bank in less than a week to turn to shareholders for funds as equity markets rebound.

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Warren Buffett theorized about companies with ‘moats.’ These mutual funds pick up on that thread.

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WASHINGTON - The National Institutes of Health is getting $5 billion in economic stimulus funds to support research into cures for cancer and other diseases, and to create jobs.

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