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 GM May Sell Detroit Home Base 

Firm seeks investment from pension funds in landmark Renaissance Center

Oct 7, 08 4:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - General Motors will ask to borrow $500 million from pension funds for Detroit city employees to refinance its headquarters, the Renaissance Center, the News reports. The firm will make a pitch to the police and fire retirement system Thursday; GM will consider selling the landmark and leasing office space inside... More »

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real estate • General Motors • Detroit • mortgage • investment • Renaissance Center

As Stocks Sink, New Cash
Cows Emerge

Alpacas, coins, comic books; a stampede to alternative investments

Oct 3, 08 12:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - With stocks tanking, 401(k)s plummeting, and the market’s usual safe haven—real estate—at the heart of the current crisis, investors are seeking refuge in unusual investments—everything from parking spaces to comic books to alpacas, the Wall Street Journal reports. A growing number of retirees are taking individual... More »

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retirement • alpaca • IRA • investment • comics • 401k • gold coins

Mitsubishi's $8.4B Will Buy Up to 20% of Morgan Stanley

Japanese firm reverses course, agrees to buy stake in Wall Street giant

Sep 22, 08 10:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Japan’s Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has agreed to invest as much as $8.4 billion in Morgan Stanley, Bloomberg reports, in exchange for a stake of 10%-20% in the investment bank. The move by Mitsubishi—which last week said it planned to steer clear of investing in US banks—... More »

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mergers and acquisitions • Morgan Stanley • capital • investment • Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group

ANALYSIS

Wall Street Woes Will
Wallop Tech Sector

Drying up of IPOs expected to hit tech ventures especially hard

Sep 16, 08 2:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Troubles hitting the Wall Street giants promise particularly dark days ahead for the tech business world, analysts tell CNET News. The problems are bound to stifle mergers and acquisitions in the tech industry and further dampen the market for initial public offerings. IPOs have already slowed to a trickle—and... More »

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technology • Wall Street • IPO • venture capital • investment • venture capitalists

Tough Times Ground
Hedge Fund High-Fliers

Specialized investment industry dragged back to earth by shaky market

Sep 12, 08 12:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - The recent market turmoil has taken a good deal of the shine off of hedge funds, as managers are unable to reproduce their heretofore exemplary results in poor market conditions, the New York Times reports. The average hedge fund lost 4% this year, the worst overall results in the industry’... More »

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finance • hedge fund • investment • credit market • endowment • pension funds • investment banks • hedge funds

Abu Dhabi Invests Another Billion in Hollywood

New subsidiary will work with 3 US producers

Sep 3, 08 6:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - A media branch of Abu Dhabi’s government funneled $1 billion into a partnership with Warner Brothers last year—and now a subsidiary of the same firm is investing a second billion over the next 5 years with three US film producers, the New York Times reports. “Abu Dhabi... More »

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Hollywood • film • partnership • Abu Dhabi • investment • Warner Brothers • producers

ANALYSIS

Weak Dollar Scaring Off Foreign Funds

US policy has big China, Gulf spenders looking to divest

Jul 17, 08 4:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - With the dollar declining and US economic outlook uncertain, some large sovereign wealth funds are looking to cut down on greenbacks, the Financial Times reports. One such Persian Gulf fund has cut its dollar-denominated investments from 80% to 60%, and China’s State Administration of Foreign Exchange is aggressively exploring... More »

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China • inflation • Abu Dhabi • investment • weak dollar • Abu Dhabi Investment Authority • sovereign wealth funds • divestment • State Administration of Foreign Exchange

ANALYSIS

Social Responsibility Costs Calif. Pension Funds Billions

Keeping pension money out of tobacco, emerging markets has cost billions

Jul 15, 08 7:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - California's plan to put state pension funds in socially responsible investments means those funds are worth billions less than they would be if they'd been allowed to invest in tobacco companies and emerging markets, BusinessWeek reports. The initiative, launched in 2000, also pushed investment in California real estate—where the... More »

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ethics • investing • California • investment • pension funds • CalPERS • CalSTRS • Phil Angelides

column

How to Make Millions Off Misfortune

Put bubble markets
to work for you,
writes Joel Stein

Jun 20, 08 9:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - From tech stocks to real estate, the succession of bubble markets leads Joel Stein to ask himself: How can I exploit other people's bad investment decisions? The Los Angeles Times columnist teams up with a Princeton economist "to figure out where people will idiotically dump their money next."... More »

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currency exchange • money • investment • market bubble • housing bubble

 Foreign Investment in Iraq Up 

American firms may miss early opportunities

Jun 17, 08 4:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - European and Asian investors are taking advantage of the recently stabilized Iraqi business climate, USA Today reports. US firms still regard Iraq as too dangerous to invest in, but that attitude may cost them the best opportunities. The firms “who are getting in on the ground floor are not... More »

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Iraq • business • competition • America • foreign investment • investment firm • investment

Industry Shakeout
Clips Hedge Funds

It's a fund-eat-fund world as companies mature, face crunch

Jun 17, 08 3:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - A massive shakeout is transforming the world of hedge funds, the Wall Street Journal reports. Tougher market conditions mean smaller funds are merging or closing their doors, and new ones are facing difficulty getting started. The business, which mushroomed from a few hundred firms to 8,000 over a decade,... More »

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asset management • capital • financial markets • hedge fund • investment • capital markets

analysis

 Many Retirees
 Will Have
 Less Than
 They Think 

Economist compares direct-benefit to direct-contribution plans

Jun 16, 08 5:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Many employees will enter retirement with a much smaller income than they expect, the Economist reports. By 2014, the amount of money saved in direct-contribution retirement plans—ie 401Ks—will outpace than the amount saved in old-fashioned direct-benefit plans. But workers set contributions to their DC schemes at lower levels... More »

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pensions • retirement • income • hedge fund • investment • employers • pension funds

 OPEC May Boost
 Oil Output to
 Ease Prices 

Cartel may meet early and backpedal on current policy

May 9, 08 7:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - As crude hit $125 a barrel today, one OPEC member said the cartel may boost oil production to relieve prices, the New York Times reports. The move would conflict with OPEC's public stand that speculators, not oil supplies, have been keeping prices high. “We would consider among other... More »

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Saudi Arabia • OPEC • Libya • investment • gas prices • oil price • oil production • speculation • supply and demand

For Chinese Companies, US Is Prime Real Estate

'They don't want to miss this opportunity to bottom-fish in the US,' official says

May 5, 08 1:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - For years, American investors have hungrily flocked to China’s massive market, but now the money’s flowing the other way, too, the Los Angeles Times reports. China invested $9.8 billion in the US in 2007, and not all in big government buys either. With real-estate and other costs... More »

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China • international trade • US-China trade deficit • investment • Chinese economy

Venture-Capital Investments Decline

Amount of money falls 5% vs. last year, but number of deals rises

Apr 19, 08 11:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Venture capitalists’ investments declined 5% in the first quarter to $7.1 billion, compared with $7.5 billion this time last year, suggesting entrepreneurial concerns over startups in a troubled economy, the AP reports. The change marks the first year-to-year dip since late 2005. Still, the figure was the fifth-largest... More »

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business • IPO • venture capital • investment • credit crisis • economy

 Art Funds Looking Far East 

As West's growth slows, managers aim to buy, and sell, in China, Middle East, India

Mar 20, 08 11:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - With major economies slowing and the US dollar near historic lows, art investment funds are looking to move away from the slowing Western art market, Bloomberg reports. Funds are sinking millions into works from China, India, and the Middle East. One leading fund has met its target for contemporary Chinese... More »

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art market • art • Christie's • hedge fund • investment • Fine art market • ArtTactic • Security and Exchange Board of India • Phillips de Pury

OPINION

Microsoft’s Yahoo Bid 'Ridiculous'

Investment manager dismisses deal, doubts Ballmer's acumen

Feb 18, 08 2:40 PM CST
(Newser) - Investment manager Joe Rosenberg takes a swipe at Microsoft's bid for Yahoo in this week's Barron's, disparaging both the deal and CEO Steve Ballmer's financial acumen, Reuters reports. "It's a bad reflection on Ballmer that he's willing to pay a ridiculous price for Yahoo,” says Rosenberg. “Microsoft... More »

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Yahoo • Microsoft • mergers and acquisitions • finance • shares • investment • Steve Ballmer • tech industry • Joe Rosenberg

Foreign Buying Spree Reaches Deep Into US

With weak dollar driving acqusitions, lawmakers get skittish

Jan 28, 08 7:01 PM CST
(Newser) - As the dollar drops, foreign investors are buying up US enterprises large and small, from multi-billion-dollar stakes in Wall Street banks to ownership of chemical factories and construction companies in the likes of North Carolina. Canadian, British and German companies have been expanding their portfolios in the US for years,... More »

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China • Middle East • subprime mortgages • foreign investment • investment • US dollar

At $832 an Ounce, All That Glitters Is Gold

Economic uncertainty drives price toward 1980 highs

Nov 12, 07 3:05 PM CST
(Newser) - Gold’s lure as a safe haven from economic upheaval has Wall Street worried that investors are turning their backs on the markets, reports the LA Times. Gold prices have pushed steadily toward $850 an ounce, a level it hasn’t seen since 1980. "The markets' statement is that... More »

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global economy • investment • gold • commodities • gold prices

Supermodel Swears Off  Dollar

Giselle joins trend, demanding  payment
in another currency

Nov 5, 07 9:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Gisele Bundchen, who pulled in $33M in front of the camera this year, doesn't like the looks of the dollar. Following the lead of billionaires Warren Buffett and Bill Gross, the world's richest model is asking to be paid in some other currency, usually the euro. “We don't know... More »

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currency • Warren Buffett • Gisele Bundchen • investment • euro • US dollar • Bill Gross • supermodel

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