Hedge Fund stories:
Paulson Said to Plan Fund Betting on Gold, Mining Companies
Nov 18th, 2009 - Bloomberg
Nov. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Paulson & Co., the hedge-fund firmrun by billionaire John Paulson, is starting a gold fund thatwill invest in mining companies and bullion-related derivatives,a person familiar with the plan said.
John Paulson Making Big New Bet on Gold
Nov 18th, 2009 - Wall Street Journal
One of the biggest investors is placing a big new bet on gold. John Paulson, who scored about $20 billion of profits for his hedge fund between 2007 and early 2009 wagering against the housing market and financial companies...
Hedge fund run by George Soros takes stake in Ford Motor as it increases US stock holdings
Nov 17th, 2009 - Los Angeles Times
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Soros Fund Management LLC, the hedge fund run by billionaire investor George Soros, increased its holdings in U.S. stocks to $6.2 billion from $4.2 billion and bought a stake in Ford Motor Co. The Soros fund...
Hedge Fund millionaire: 'Inconceivable' that dumb blonde jokes could be offensive
Nov 17th, 2009 - Telegraph
Mark Lowe, owner of the hedge fund Nomos Capital, admitted sending Jordan Wimmer and her female colleagues regular innuendo-laden emails containing jokes about topless women...Galleon Scandal Scorecard: Hedge Funds, Lawyers and 'Octopussy'
Nov 7th, 2009 - Bloomberg
Nov. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Twenty people, including GalleonGroup LLC co-founder Raj Rajaratnam, have been criminallycharged in what federal authorities call the biggest prosecutionof alleged hedge-fund insider trading in the U.S...



