Hints and tips:
...The New York-based hedge fund released a 133-page report this month that took aim at Disney’s board and set out initiatives to “restore the magic”....
...Last year, Safeway adopted a poison pill to ward off Jana Partners, a hedge fund that amassed a 6.2 per cent stake and was pushing for changes from the grocer....
...Don Steinbrugge, managing partner with Agecroft Partners, a hedge fund marketing firm, says: “If a hedge fund [manager] is going to have a hedge fund and also a ’40 Act fund, they have to justify to clients...
...ADP numbers indicated only 133,000 private payrolls were added during May (Financial Times)....
...Founder Nadir Lalani controls 50 per cent of the business, which has 133 UK stores, and Barclays Ventures has a 25 per cent stake. Many of the discount chains remain a family affair....
...He was head trader of fixed income relative value at London-based Paloma Partners at the time, and one investment that intrigued him appeared to be based on the emerging euro....
...He added that a change to Vodafone’s unsatisfactory relationship with its US partner Verizon could be in the offing....
...Investec “buy” advice pushed QinetiQ, the defence contractor, up 5.3 per cent to 133¾p....
...Sprint Nextel, which is based in Overland Park, Kansas, declined to comment....
...Toyota lost 0.2 per cent to Y6,110 and Nissan Motor shed 1 per cent to Y1,133. Japanese government bonds erased gains notched up in the morning session as stocks slumped....
...Toyota lost 0.2 per cent to Y6,110 and Nissan Motor slid 1 per cent to Y1,133. Japanese government bonds erased gains notched up in the morning session as stocks slumped....
...However, the 25 Nymex directors might opt not to recommend any of the three bids to shareholders, who have the ultimate say this month on the ownership if the 133-year-old exchange....
...Cable & Wireless rose 2.5 per cent to 133.25p as it pleased investors by announcing late on Monday it had resumed its share buyback programme for the first time since December 7....
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