Hedge fund dinner party sparks U.S. euro probe

2010-03-04T09:00:22Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Little-known brokerage firm Monness, Crespi, Hardt & Co has long toiled in the shadows of Wall Street, but the boutique suddenly has been thrust into the limelight because of an "ideas dinner" it sponsored last month for a group of about 18 hedge fund traders.</p><p>Monness Crespi sponsors unscripted dinners from time...

George Soros on gold: Right or wrong?

2010-02-22T11:07:36Z

<div id="subtitle">Investors are being given the rare possibility of a once-in-a-lifetime-opportunity</div><div><p>George Soros has been quoted recently as saying gold is in a bubble. Now that’s an interesting comment but based upon what? </p><p>Who are we to question the comments of one of the wealthiest men on the planet? And don’t you love it when the ...

Switzerland World Economic Forum

2010-01-27T13:31:51Z

Chairman of the Soros Fund Management, George Soros gestures while speaking to a reporters during a meeting over lunch with the media, at the opening day of the Annual Meeting the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday Jan. 27, 2010. (AP Photo/ Michel Euler)

Soros: Obama too quick on bank regulation call

2010-02-22T14:08:37Z

<div id="subtitle">Soros: Obama moved too soon in call for big bank regulations</div><div><p>Billionaire financier George Soros said Wednesday that President Barack Obama's call for tough regulations on big banks is too soon because the economy is not "out of the woods."</p><p>Soros said that imposing n...

Potash juniors, are you buying what they’re growing?

2010-02-23T15:31:30Z

<div id="subtitle">Better agricultural production is an important investment theme; potash juniors for your portfolio</div><div><p>As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information </p><p>When looking for a dominant long term investment theme the approach I take involves looking at global - big picture - conditions. I study trends, read the news, basically watch and listen...

Financier Soros sees $100 billion for climate talks

2010-02-23T17:31:00Z

<div><p>COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Billionaire financier George Soros outlined a way to unlock $100 billion to help slow global warming on Thursday as talks on a new U.N. climate deal slowed over tough demands by the Pacific island state of <...

Soros pitches idea of 100-billion-dollar climate fund

2010-02-23T17:59:41Z

<div><p>Financier George Soros unveiled a plan Thursday at the UN climate talks to free up to 100 billion dollars (68 billion euros) for poor countries to combat climate change and cope with its impacts.</p><p>The funds could be made available immediately, and not add to the national deficit of donor countries, he said.&lt...

DENMARK CLIMATE SUMMIT

2009-12-10T03:30:33Z

George Soros, businessman and philanthropist, announces during a press conference a plan to generate additional 100 billion US dollars for climate change relief at the UN Climate summit in Copenhagen, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

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Stockhouse @ the Bell: New York Gains, Toronto Soars

2010-02-24T04:05:20Z

<div id="subtitle">Stock markets closed higher on both sides of the border Tuesday, with mixed retail results in the U.S. and a bigger slice of Potash Corp for billionaire investor George Soros.</div><div><p>Today on Stockhouse </p><p>Your opini...

Soros hedge fund takes stake in Ford Motor

2010-02-24T04:05:31Z

<div id="subtitle">Hedge fund run by George Soros takes stake in Ford Motor as it increases US stock holdings</div><div><p>Soros Fund Management LLC, the hedge fund run by billiona...

Soros' holdings increase, takes stake in Ford

2010-02-24T04:34:25Z

<div><p>BOSTON (Reuters) - Billionaire investor George Soros' hedge fund reported holdings of $6.2 billion during the third quarter, an increase of $2 billion, after taking a stake in automaker Ford and boosting his holdings in communications services stocks.</p><p>According to a regulatory filing on Monday George Soros has in mind. On Oct. 27, Soros pledged $50 million over 10 years to create an Reuters) - Billionaire investor and philanthropist George Soros said on Thursday that the world's current "currency arrangements" are fraught with danger and that the world needs global regulation.</p><p>Soros, who runs hedge fund firm COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Billionaire George Soros said on Saturday that he would invest $1 billion in clean energy technology as part of an effort to combat climate change.</p><p>The Hungarian-born U.S. investor also announced he would form and fund a new climate ...

George Soros takes stake in small Aussie miner

2010-02-25T05:18:28Z

<div id="subtitle">Acquires 20% of copper/moly/gold project</div><div><p>Shares of Marengo Mining (TSX: T.MRN, Stock Forum) have been quietly moving higher during the past month, from a low of seven cents to a high of 28 cents on September 11, 2009. </p><p>Marengo, named after Napoleon’s horse, is developing what could be a big copper-molybdenum-gold project in Washington, DC, USA - GEORGE SOROS, a billionaire investor, speaks at the Wall Street Journal Future of Finance conference....

Stock market could be starting a final blastoff

2010-02-25T18:50:22Z

<div id="subtitle">Some of the old day traders are getting back in</div><div><p>"Hey Steve, my old day-trading buddies just called... The market's up... They're back into it again!" I couldn't believe my ears... "What day-trading buddies?" I asked politely."Back in the late nineties, I got into day-trading with some other guys. I turned three thousand bucks into fifteen grand!""Then what?" I said... I knew that couldn't be the end of the st...

Soros cuts some retailers, takes stake in BofA

2010-02-25T20:12:20Z

<div><p>BOSTON (Reuters) - Billionaire investor and philanthropist George Soros' Soros Fund Management reported holdings of $4.2 billion at the end of the second quarter after cutting its stake in a number of retailers.</p><p>The NEW YORK, Aug. 11, 2009 -- George Soros, chairman of Soros Fund Managemant and founder of the Open Society Institute, attends a Back-To-School New York program at P.S. 208 Elementary School in the Manhanttan neighborhood of Harlem in New York, the NEW YORK, Aug. 11, 2009 -- George Soros, chairman of Soros Fund Managemant and founder of the Open Society Institute, attends a Back-To-School New York program at P.S. 208 Elementary School in the Manhanttan neighborhood of Harlem in New York, the

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