Description: Subprime mortgages may have been the most lucrative bet of 2012 for hedge funds, with some gaining more than 20% by buying up troubled financial crisis era mortgages.
Source: CNNMoney.com
Date: Jan 04, 2013
Link: http://money.cnn.com/2013/01/04/investing/hedge-funds-subprime-mortgages/index.html?iid=SF_BN_River
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Description: Exxon Mobil Corp., one of the world’s largest energy companies, has pledged to spend $14-billion (U.S.) to develop the Hebron oilfield off Canada’s east coast.
Source: theglobeandmail.com
Date: Jan 04, 2013
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Description: Buying a diamond at a jewelry store is not a good investment, but if you can get the rock at wholesale prices, it could be lucrative.
Source: CNNMoney.com – video report
Date: Dec 24, 2012
Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/pf/2012/12/24/pf-diamonds-investment-quest.cnnmoney/
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Description: Pimm Fox discusses markets, investing and business. He speaks with Erik Schatzker on Bloomberg Television’s “Bottom Line.” (Source: Bloomberg)
Source: Bloomberg.com – video report
Date: Dec 28, 2012
Link: http://bloom.bg/VcbLPz
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Description: Jon Erlichman and Cory Johnson report on Barnes & Noble Nook’s not so merry Christmas. They speak on Bloomberg Television’s “Bloomberg West.” (Source: Bloomberg)
Source: Bloomberg.com – video report
Date: Dec 28, 2012
Link: http://bloom.bg/12UHLfR
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Description: Apple Inc.’s chief executive Tim Cook took a 99% pay cut in 2012, while Netflix Inc. CEO Read Hastings saw his salary doubled for 2013.
Source: Marketwatch.com.com
Date: Dec 30, 2012
Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/big-cut-big-raise-for-apple-netflix-ceos-2012-12-30
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Description: Ryan Morris spent a week steeling himself for the showdown. Then 27 years old, he was in his first campaign as an activist investor, trying to wrest control of a small company named InfuSystem (INFU), which provides and services pumps used in chemotherapy. In the meeting, Morris would confront InfuSystem’s chairman and vice chairman, two men in their 40s, and tell them that as a shareholder, he thought the company was heading in the wrong direction.
Source: Businessweek.com
Date: Dec 20, 2012
Link: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-12-20/ryan-morris-28-year-old-activist-investor
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Description: Investing lessons from 2012: HP and other dogs may keep sliding. Winners like Apple may continue to do well. Close analysis is crucial.
Source: CNNMoney.com – video report
Date: Dec 18, 2012
Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/pf/2012/12/18/investing-2012-retrospective.cnnmoney/
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Description: Dec. 19 (Bloomberg) — Bloomberg’s Dominic Chu reports that General Motors will purchase 200 million shares of its stock from the U.S. Treasury as part of the department’s plan to sell its entire holding of GM stock within 15 months. He speaks on Bloomberg Television’s “In The Loop.”
Source: Bloomberg.com – video report
Date: Dec 19, 2012
Link: http://bloom.bg/XJiyR2
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Description: Critics ask why many bankers don’t face money-laundering charges
Source: Associated Press: VancouverSun.com
Date: Dec 19, 2012
Link: http://www.vancouversun.com/business/executives+jail/7719105/story.html#ixzz2FVWyW6mP
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