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Archive for February 10th, 2007

Hedge Fund goes public

10 February 2007

Here’s an insightful blog on the first hedge fund IPO: Fortress Group. It had a great debut yesterday. Up 100% for awhile in its first day of trading.
With US$30 billion under management, they are a massive group. With US$8 billion waiting on the sidelines to get into their funds, there’s certainly some [...]

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CEOs 2 – Media 0

10 February 2007

A ground-breaking court decision came out this week involving media coverage of Canadian business executives. The Toronto Star lost a ~$1.5 million libel case to a businessman from Haileybury, Ontario, a town 100 miles north of North Bay. It is a jury verdict, which makes it unique in a way as most notable [...]

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