Blackstone notifies Cohen's SAC it intends to pull money: pension consultant May 25th, 2013 - 18:00h (CET +01.00) By Matthew Goldstein (Reuters) - Billionaire hedge fund manager Steven A. Cohen is losing the financial support of Blackstone Group Inc, the largest outside investor in his embattled SAC Capital Advisors, which is yanking much of its client money, ac... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : blackstone, notifies, cohen's, intends, pull, money, pension, consultant, Top Keywords

Analysis - Blackstone and peers have a bargain for you: themselves May 16th, 2013 - 08:40h (CET +01.00) By Greg Roumeliotis NEW YORK (Reuters) - Alternative asset managers such as Blackstone Group LP and KKR & Co LP have for decades scoured the stock market for undervalued companies. Now they are trying to convince investors that shares in their ow... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : analysis, blackstone, peers, have, bargain, themselves, pension, consultant, Top Keywords

Blackstone founder creates $300M China scholarship Apr 21st, 2013 - 15:50h (CET +01.00) BEIJING (AP) - A U.S. private equity tycoon announced Sunday the establishment of a $300 million endowed scholarship program in China for students from around the world, and billed it as a rival to the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship. (Source: Associa... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : blackstone, founder, creates, $300m, china, scholarship, pension, consultant, Top Keywords

North Korea lacks means for nuclear strike on U.S., experts say Apr 5th, 2013 - 04:30h (CET +01.00) By Mark Hosenball and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea's explicit threats this week to strike the United States with nuclear weapons are rhetorical bluster, as the isolated nation does not yet have the means to make good on them, ... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : north, korea, lacks, means, nuclear, strike, experts, consultant, Top Keywords

Blackstone, Icahn set up three-way battle to buy out Dell Mar 24th, 2013 - 12:40h (CET +01.00) By Greg Roumeliotis and Jessica Toonkel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dell Inc appeared to have received competing offers following a $24.4 billion agreement last month to be taken private by its founder and private equity firm Silver Lake, setting up a tug-o... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : blackstone, icahn, threeway, battle, dell, strike, experts, consultant, Top Keywords

Blackstone's Schwarzman's earnings flat in 2012; Apollo's Black gains Mar 2nd, 2013 - 03:40h (CET +01.00) (Reuters) - The earnings of Blackstone Group LP head Stephen Schwarzman were flat in 2012 at more than $200 million, while Leon Black, the CEO at private equity rival Apollo Global Management LLC , closed in on him with a 73 percent rise in his earni... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : blackstone's, schwarzman's, earnings, flat, 2012, apollo's, black, gains, Top Keywords

Apple's iPhone 5 bigger, faster but lacks "wow" Sep 12th, 2012 - 22:50h (CET +01.00) SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc's new iPhone goes on sale on Friday with a bigger screen and 4G wireless technology, as the company seeks to maintain its edge over rivals such as Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and Google Inc. The iPhone 5 met th... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : apple's, iphone, bigger, faster, lacks, "wow", black, gains, Top Keywords

Amazon's new high-end tablet lacks FCC approval for sale Sep 8th, 2012 - 02:20h (CET +01.00) (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc trumpeted cutting-edge wireless technology as a key selling point for the fanciest of the new Kindle devices introduced by CEO Jeff Bezos on Thursday. There's just one problem: the devices have not yet been approved fo... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : amazon's, highend, tablet, lacks, approval, sale, black, gains, Top Keywords

All Blacks beat Australia 22-0 Aug 25th, 2012 - 11:40h (CET +01.00) New Zealand beat Australia 22-0 in a Rugby Championship second round Test at Eden Park in Auckland on Saturday. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : blacks, beat, australia, lacks, approval, sale, black, gains, Top Keywords

All Blacks expect significant improvement Aug 25th, 2012 - 05:00h (CET +01.00) Remember Ireland. Remember France. The All Blacks have dug into their file of close shaves for motivation ahead of their rematch with Australia on Saturday where they are overwhelming favourites. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : blacks, expect, significant, improvement, approval, sale, black, gains, Top Keywords