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Former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers acquitted

Nov. 10, 2009
NEW YORK-- Two former Bear Stearns Cos hedge fund managers were acquitted on Tuesday of fraud charges in the first criminal trial of prominent Wall Street executives stemming from subprime mortgage securities that fueled a market meltdown.
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NEW YORK, March 28 (UPI) -- The California public pension Calpers is demanding that the hedge funds in which it invests give it better terms, such as lower prices, a memo indicates.

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NEW YORK, March 25 (UPI) -- It was a down year for U.S. hedge fund managers but the top 25 still made $11.6 billion in wages, an annual survey said.

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U.S. Senate summons hedge fund leaders

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Bank of Ireland buys U.S. hedge fund

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NEW YORK, Sept. 27 (UPI) -- New York's J.P. Morgan Chase is buying a majority stake in Highbridge Capital Management, a hedge fund, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday.

Hedge fund Fountainhead shut down

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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler