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By www.thetrader.se Ft.com Citic Securities, China’s biggest publicly-traded brokerage, raised HK$13.2bn ($1.7bn) selling shares at the low end of a revised price range in Hong Kong, Bloomberg...
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Euro Crisis Makes Fed Lender of Only Resort as Funding Dries Up (Bloomberg) Germany Slams 'Stupid' US Plans to Boost EU Rescue Fund (Telegraph) US Inflation Expectations Lowest for a Year (FT) Chinese...
View ArticleFrontrunning: October 14
China inflation dips to 6.1% in September (FT) G-20 Said to Weigh Boosting IMF Lending Power to Stem Europe Debt Crisis (Bloomberg) German Bankers Argue Against Capital Plans (WSJ) State Revenue Under...
View ArticleFrontrunning: October 26
Incoming ECB head gives euro zone pre-summit boost (Reuters) Fears Euro Summit Could Miss Final Deal (FT) Merkel Puts Rescue Fund to German Vote (Bloomberg) Iron ore in record slide as China demand...
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On Mitt Romney's Defense Of Bain Capital And The Private Equity Industry -...
Lately, Bain founder and GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney has found himself in a spirited defense of the private equity industry, doing all he can to spin decades of data which confirm, without...
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KKR Avoids European Sovereigns On Austerity Concerns
While we are sure Mitt Romney would not care to comment, private equity firm KKR's Henry McVey is strongly suggesting investors should avoid European sovereigns in his 2012 Outlook. While his reasoning...
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Euro-Area Banks Tap ECB for Record Amount of Three-Year Cash (Bloomberg) Papademos Gets Backing for $4.3B of Cuts (Bloomberg) China February Bank Lending Remains Weak (Reuters) Romney Regains Momentum...
View ArticleDaily US Opening News And Market Re-Cap: April 16
From RanSquawk Italian and Spanish spreads against the German 10-yr remain elevated but have come off their widest levels. GDF Suez agree on a GBP 4.18 offer per share for International Power’s...
View ArticleFrontrunning: July 4
Most Germans Reject Ceding Sovereignty to EU, Stern Poll Shows (Bloomberg) How Stockton went broke: A 15-year spending binge (Reuters) Manchester United Shoots for $100 Million IPO (WSJ)... with 4x...
View ArticleFrontrunning: July 20, 2012
Gunman kills 14 in Denver shooting at "Batman" movie (Reuters) Full retard meets Math for Retards: Spain Insists $15 Billion Aid Need for Regions Won’t Swell Debt (Bloomberg) World braced for new food...
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Have $2,000 In Cash In Your Fidelity Account? Then You Too Can Qualify To...
Have $100,000 in "certain assets at Fidelity" and at least $2,000 in cash for close margin call encounters (you will need it)? Then you too are eligible to participate in the next IPO collapse, coming...
View ArticleFrontrunning: September 4
The ESM Violates the Law And EU Treaties (Welt) Fears Rising, Spaniards Pull Out Their Cash and Get Out of Spain (NYT) RBA stays put for third straight month (SMH) Why PBOC will not cut rates: China’s...
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Firm That Brought You Holo-Tupac Dies Less Than A Year After IPOing, Taking...
Most people know that during this year's Coachella festival, Tupac made a surprising appearance, if not in the flesh for obvious reasons, then in hologram form. What fewer people know is that the firm...
View ArticleFrontrunning: September 12
Germany Can Ratify ESM Fund With Conditions, Court Rules (Bloomberg) Obama Discusses Iran Nuclear Threat With Netanyahu (Bloomberg) Stocks, Euro Gain as Court Allows ESM; Irish Bonds Climb (Bloomberg)...
View ArticleIs Uncle Sam The Biggest Enabler Of Private Equity Jobs "Offshoring"?
Lately, it has become particularly fashionable to bash private equity, especially among those workers in the employ of the state. The argument, in as much as capitalism can be summarized in one...
View ArticleFrontrunning: October 1
Trade Slows Around World (WSJ) Debt limit lurks in fiscal cliff talks (FT) Welcome back to the eurozone crisis (FT, Wolfgang Munchau) Euro Leaders Face October of Unrest After September Rally...
View ArticleA Glimpse Inside The Industry That Owns Everything
From Jason Kelly, author of The New Tycoons: Inside the Trillion Dollar Private Equity Industry That Owns Everything - an excerpt Prologue Standing in Legoland in Carlsbad, California in 2011,...
View ArticleFrontrunning: October 24
China May Forgo Easing as Economy Rebounds, Survey Shows (Bloomberg)... or as food and house inflation has never gone away China Edges Out U.S. as Top Foreign-Investment Draw Amid World Decline (WSJ)...
View ArticleFrontrunning: October 26
Greece Faces Need for Additional Assistance: €30 billion (WSJ) Greeks fail to agree on bailout terms (FT) The report that got the NYT banned on the Chinese interweb: Billions in Hidden Riches for...
View ArticleCharles Ferguson: "Standing Behind Every Great Con Artist Is Someone Like...
Submitted by Charles Ferguson, Oscar-winning creator of Inside JobStanding Behind Every Great Con Artist is Someone Like Glenn Hubbard Mitt Romney has a credibility problem. He changes his beliefs like...
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