Hedge fund to fight Phelps deal: paper
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Hedge fund SAC Capital is planning to fight the proposed buyout of mining giant Phelps Dodge Corp.  by Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.  and seek a higher price, the New York Post reported on its Web site on Monday.
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General Electric Co.  and Pearson Plc  may challenge News Corp.'s $5 billion bid for Dow Jones & Co.  with a plan that could let Dow Jones's controlling Bancroft family keep an interest in the company, the Financial Times and The Wall Street Journal reported on their Web sites.
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Securities and Exchange Commission staff will recommend that the agency not pursue insider trading charges against $7 billion hedge fund Pequot Capital Management Inc., its management team, and former chairman John J. Mack, according to a letter sent to the fund's investors yesterday and three...
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General Electric Co.  and  Pearson Plc  may challenge News Corp.&#39;s (NWSa.N) $5  billion bid for Dow Jones & Co. , with a plan that could  let Dow Jones&#39;s controlling family to keep an interest in the  company, the Financial Times and Wall Street Journal reported  on their Web sites on Sunday.
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Private-equity and hedge funds may soon face the taxman.
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Hedge fund SAC Capital has disclosed it has a more than 5 percent stake in mining giant Phelps Dodge Corp.  and wants to block Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.'s  proposal to buy the company, saying the price is too low, a regulatory filing said.
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JP Morgan Chase &amp; Co. (JPM) plans to buy a majority stake in the hedge fund Highbridge Capital Management, the companies said on Monday, a sign that Wall Street is seeking a bigger role in the rapidly growing hedge-fund industry.
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A Securities and Exchange Commission proposal to sharply limit the number of Americans who can invest in hedge funds has triggered a public backlash -- and the latest controversy over the booming private investment pools.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. A pending tax ruling threatens to unravel a three (B) billion dollar consolidation deal involving Houston-based Marathon Oil.
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General Electric Co. and Pearson Plc may challenge News Corp.'s $5 billion bid for Dow Jones & Co., with a plan that could let Dow Jones's controlling Bancroft family keep an interest in the company, the Financial Times and Wall Street Journal reported on their Web sites on Sunday.
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The New York Times Company, under pressure from hedge funds that want to gain representation on its board, nominated two candidates of its own, Robert E. Denham and Dawn Lepore.
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Inco Ltd.  on Tuesday urged  shareholders to reject a C$19.35-billion ($17.4 billion)  all-cash offer from Brazilian firm Companhia Vale do Rio Doce.  (VALE5.SA) , and said it still backed a friendly offer  from U.S.-based Phelps Dodge Corp. .
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U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.  said on Wednesday it plans to raise $500 million for its fund that invests in private equity firms in an Amsterdam flotation planned for late July.
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A new trading tactic that could tip takeover battles has emerged from the hedge fund industry, sparking outrage among some investors and corporate governance experts.
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Securities regulators are planning sanctions against a company that sold high-fee mutual funds to military officers, sources familiar with the situation said Friday. Some big fund companies said they may reconsider the "contractual plan" funds.
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Merrill Lynch & Co  is in talks with Chinese and Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds that could lead to the sale of another big stake in the U.S. bank, British newspaper The Observer reported, citing sources in London and New York.
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The coalition of hedge funds that wants to place directors on the board of The New York Times Company has more than doubled its stake in the company.