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Journalists caught in dispute between hedge fund and insurer
Like all other journalists, financial reporters have to be wary that they are not being used. Everyone feeding them information has an agenda, and hedge funds have perfected the art of getting their message out via the press.
That brings us to the nasty dispute between Fairfax Financial, a Can
Third Point entwined in rumor probe
When Third Point--the hedge fund operated by the well-known Daniel Loeb--registered as an investment adviser last year, the SEC undertook an audit and noted that managers often talk to managers at other hedge funds, notes the Financial Times . In a letter to shareholders, the fund says that the
Hedge funds line up behind Icahn on Yahoo
Yahoo may have been able to stare down Microsoft at the bargaining table, but we may yet see big M&A fees from a deal. The catalyst in all this remains Carl Icahn. Following his lead, an all-star cast of hedge funds managers have aligned themselves against Jerry Yang and Yahoo, which likel
