 | | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - TV news viewers may recognize one reporter who pops up in trouble spots all over the world: From the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, to the Boko Haram kidnappings in Nigeria, to assorted crises in Mali, Thailand, Algeria and the Mideast. | | | | | | BOSTON (Reuters) - Billionaire investor John Paulson's top real estate executives are launching their own investment firm with $1 billion and the hedge fund manager's blessing, sources familiar with the matter said. | | | | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hedge fund investor Doug Kass said on Wednesday that he is adding to his already large bank exposure in Citigroup Inc, JPMorgan Chase & Co, Bank of America Corp and Wells Fargo & Co as Deutsche Bank AG's problems "will benefit large U.S. money center banks." | | | | | | CHICAGO - (The opinions expressed here are those of the author, a columnist for Reuters.) | | | | | | BOSTON (Reuters) - Billionaire hedge fund manager William Ackman, whose investment assets have shrunk by more than half in the last three years, has made a second round of staff cuts and laid off three investor relations team members, two sources familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. | | | | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - (The writer is a Reuters contributor. The opinions expressed are his own.) | | | | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - You hear it all the time: if you put money into home renovations, you will make it back when you sell. | | | | | | BOSTON (Reuters) - Some small investors who want to give a piece of their minds to big tech company directors are losing their only chance: many board members are skipping annual shareholder meetings. Companies that hold meetings online have some of the worst records for attendance. | | | | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The 35 largest U.S. banks are poised to put more money toward dividends, share buybacks and business investments, after clearing the first stage of an annual regulatory stress test on Thursday, showing they have enough capital to withstand an extreme recession. | | | | | | CHICAGO (Reuters) - The demographic trend is no secret: the populations of the United States and other major industrial countries are getting older, and fast. That means workforces are aging too, but employers are doing surprisingly little to prepare to meet the challenges or adapt to employees' needs. | | | | | |
