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STEVE COHEN'S NEW HEDGE FUND COULD HAVE A LOCKUP OF UP TO THREE YEARS
With just three weeks until regulators permit billionaire Steve Cohen to resume taking investor money, his new hedge fund plans are making some potential clients wary... READ MORE›
HOW CABLE COMPANIES LEARNED TO LOVE NETFLIX (OR HULU) AND CHILL OUT
Comcast is also testing an app that lets subscribers access their cable service through Roku Inc.'s set-top boxes... READ MORE›
ALIBABA'S RISE CREATES AT LEAST 10 BILLIONAIRES NOT NAMED JACK MA
The network of companies all feeding Alibaba at the center is something Jack Ma envisioned and planned from a long time ago... READ MORE›
FACTBOX US CANADIAN BIDS POUR IN FOR AMAZONS SECOND HEADQUARTERS
The Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation said a single bid was submitted for Colorado with eight urban and suburban sites... READ MORE›
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TESLA JUST PASSED GM TO BECOME AMERICA'S MOST VALUABLE CARMAKER
A week after topping Ford Motor Co., Tesla climbed 3.3 percent Monday, lifting its market capitalization to 50.9 billion... READ MORE›
TRUMP BUILDS TEAM OF BOSSES TO SHAKE UP WASHINGTON
Trump, who says Washington is broken and controlled by special interests, has largely eschewed technocrats with long government experience... READ MORE›
SAMSUNG TO BUY CAR TECH COMPANY HARMAN FOR $8 BILLION
Samsung created an automotive electronics business team a year ago to look for opportunities in this area... READ MORE›
BRENT JOINS U.S. CRUDE IN BEAR MARKET AMID OVERSUPPLY ANXIETY
Brent crude entered a bear market, plunging below 45 a barrel for the first time since November as skepticism that a supply glut will ease worsens... READ MORE›
STARWOOD SIGNS HISTORIC DEALS IN CUBA FOR THREE HAVANA HOTELS
Starwood will turn the Hotel Quinta Avenida in Havana's Miramar district into a Four Points by Sheraton Havana hotel later this year... READ MORE›
CHINA'S OXYCONTIN BOOM IS A GOLD MINE FOR THIS DRUGMAKER
The World Health Organization recommends that some opioid medicine be used for cancer pain, although it isn't recommending OxyContin specifically... READ MORE›
WALL STREET'S BIG SHORT: PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP
NEW YORK Add the juggernaut that is Donald J. Trump to the list of what-ifs that is worrying Wall Street... READ MORE›
NEW YORK SUES CHARTER, ALLEGES TIME WARNER FRAUD ON INTERNET SPEEDS
In a statement, Charter said it was disappointed that the attorney general challenged Time Warner Cable's broadband speed advertisements that predated the merger... READ MORE›
ONCE THE WORLD'S LARGEST, UBS TRADING FLOOR NOW NEARLY VACANT
Many of the traders were moved back to Manhattan after the financial crisis as rents in the city fell... READ MORE›
STARWOOD TO BE FIRST US CHAIN IN 50 YEARS TO RUN CUBAN HOTELS
Mr. Giannattasio said that Starwood would be paid a management fee to run the hotels, a similar arrangement to those the group has in other countries... READ MORE›
FROM FRONTLINE PUBLIC SERVICE TO PARLIAMENT - MEET THE CANDIDATES
I want the public sector to be more proactive, to improve people's lives... READ MORE›
IT RESEARCH FIRM GARTNER TO BUY CEB TO EXPAND BUSINESS ANALYSIS
Gartner is offering 54 in cash and 0.2284 of its shares for each CEB share... READ MORE›
WILL BLABLACAR SHAKE UP FRENCH WORK CULTURE?
Earlier this year, licensed taxi drivers physically attacked UberPop drivers around France, claiming they represented unfair competition ... READ MORE›
AMERICA'S BIGGEST ASPHALT PLANT IS SHUTTING WHEN THE COUNTRY MIGHT NEED IT MOST
The Axeon plant in New Jersey lacks direct access to the heavy Canadian oil sands crude that is commonly used to make asphalt... READ MORE›
BIG SUMMER SHUTDOWNS LOOM FOR U.S. AUTO PLANTS AS SALES SPUTTER
The six biggest automakers missed analysts' estimates and reported U.S. sales declines in April... READ MORE›
ALMOST A DECADE LATER, U.S. MONEY MARKETS ARE YET TO RECOVER
Other fund companies, such as Fidelity Investments, which converted their institutional prime money markets to government-only, are unlikely to revert... READ MORE›
WALL STREET IS MAKING IT HARDER TO BUY A CAR
Will pull back on auto loans longer than seven years, Chief Financial Officer Marianne Lake said in October... READ MORE›
TRUMP TOUTS CHARTER'S FOUR-YEAR PLAN TO ADD 20K JOBS AND INVEST $25B
The latest company to deliver good job creation news from the Oval Office Charter Communications... READ MORE›
ANTIQUES CONMAN STOLE VALUABLES WORTH A?126K TO OPEN SHOP NAMED AFTER LOVEJOY
Antiques conman stole valuables worth A?126k to open shop named after Lovejoy... READ MORE›
DOLLAR CLIMBS WITH STOCKS AFTER FED MINUTES; POUND SNAPS SELLOFF
Kansas City Fed President Esther George, Cleveland's Loretta Mester and Eric Rosengren of Boston dissented at the meeting in favor of higher rates... READ MORE›
CHINA'S ANBANG RAISES OFFER FOR STARWOOD TO $13.9B
Starwood dropped Marriott's bid on March 18 to opt for a 13 billion all-cash offer from Anbang, valued at about 78 per Starwood share... READ MORE›
NAZI TELEGRAM THAT SENT HITLER INTO A RAGE SELLS FOR OVER ?35,600 AT AUCTION
Fearing he would miss his chance at power if he waited G ring sent Hitler the brief message on April 23 1945 asking to be put in charge... READ MORE›
WOMAN DIES AFTER DROPPING CHARGING IPHONE INTO BATHTUB EUROPE
The diocese of Hong Kong is appealing to Beijing to free Bishop Su and to release Bishop Shi's body for burial if he has died... READ MORE›
CHARTER CEO AWARDED $98.5 MILLION PAY TO STAY ON JOB UNTIL 2021
Among Rutledge's deputies, Chief Operating Officer John Bickham received a stock-option grant of 35.3 million for 2016 and Chief Financial Officer Christopher Winfrey was awarded 23 million in options... READ MORE›
GE SEEKS SALE OF ASSET MANAGEMENT ARM AMID INDUSTRIAL PUSH
Assets in GE's principal pension plans earned 5.9 percent last year, according to the company's annual report... READ MORE›
UNITED RENTALS TO BUY EQUIPMENT RENTAL CHAIN NEFF FOR ABOUT $1.3 BILLION
United Rentals will pay 25 per share, representing a 26.9 percent premium to Neff stock price prior to H E's July 14 deal... READ MORE›
IN A VERIZON-CHARTER DEAL, ANALYSTS SEE ONE MASSIVE PILE OF DEBT
Bob Varettoni, a spokesman for Verizon in New York, and Justin Venech, a representative for Stamford, Connecticut-based Charter, declined to comment... READ MORE›
SAC'S MARTOMA WINS DELAY OF NINE-YEAR INSIDER TRADING PRISON TERM
Share this Email Print Mathew Martoma, former portfolio manager at SAC Capital Advisors LP, exits the U... READ MORE›
'WHITE PRIVILEGE' ESSAY CONTEST STIRS UP CONNECTICUT TOWN
Some students said the question wasn't a big deal in the high school until the media spotlight arrived, and that they were comfortable discussing white privilege... READ MORE›
MARRIOTT BUYS STARWOOD, BECOMING WORLD'S LARGEST HOTEL CHAIN
Marriott and Starwood -- like other hotel chains -- own very few individual hotels... READ MORE›