sapphire on April 30th, 2010

Icahn & Co. Inc. is owned by the Wall Street legend Carl Icahn.
Carl Icahn has almost 40 years investment experience on the street. The investment stories related to him and his hedge fund could be a long list: Texaco, Phillips Petroleum, Western Union, Viacom, American Can, Revlon, Imclone, Fairmount Hotels, Blockbuster, Time Warner, and Motorola.
The [...]

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sapphire on April 30th, 2010

With SEC’s charge aginst Goldman Sach on the daily spotlight, John Paulson once again attracts media attention. The hedge fund manager is a legend during the latest financial turmoil in modern financial history.
It’s fledgling Paulson & Co. Inc has an asset of$12.5 billion in the beginning of 2007, and then ballooned to $36 billion by [...]

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sapphire on March 24th, 2010

Manning & Napier Advisors, Inc.
Founded in 1970, Manning & Napier Advisors, Inc. serves clients in all 50 states and manages approximately $17 billion in client assets as of June 30, 2007. It remains an employee-owned firm, with 100% of the firm owned by full-time employees.
Headquarters: Fairport New York, United States
Industry: Finance, Brokerage, Investment Banking

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sapphire on March 24th, 2010

Blum Capital
Blum Capital is a private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout, growth capital and PIPE investments in small cap and middle market companies across a range of industries. The firm is known for pioneering a hybrid private equity / strategic block investment strategy in public companies.
The firm, which is based in San Francisco

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