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7 charged in $61M single-stock insider trade case - AP

| Kells Hetherington
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Illegal profits in the case were made after tips were shared among co-conspirators about upcoming earnings announcements

Out of work hedge funders are really struggling to sell their Greenwich mansions - Business Insider

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Greenwich, CT

The number of homes worth $8 million on the market recently jumped by a third

US seeks record sentence for hedge fund boss in NY - AP

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Hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam could spend two decades in prison for insider trading

Paulson loses more in September, fund now off 47 percent - Reuters

| Kells Hetherington
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Thanks to ill-timed bets on an elusive economic recovery

Barney Trouble - TheDC

| Jonathan Strong

After a series of difficult moments on the campaign trail, Rep. Barney Frank is scrambling for campaign cash, contributing $200,000 of his own money

Debt traders draw fire from bankruptcy judges - WSJ

| Chad Brady (admin)

Hedge funds have transformed bankruptcy court into a money-making venue, using inside information to buy distressed companies and turn big profits

Puts and Calls: Markets tumble and recover as Congress debates regulating the Internet - The Daily Caller

| Tom Karol

The Dow plunged 1000 points but made a modest recovery, financial reform has some goodies for labor, and Dems proceed with their net neutrality plans

Hedge funds donate big to Dems - The Daily Caller

| interns

The world’s top-earning hedge fund managers have bankrolled almost exclusively Democratic campaign

Hedging my bets - The Daily Caller

| Broken at Love

Last summer I dated a Libertarian, and I credit Serena Williams and Obama’s health-care plan with our break-up

A Proposal for Genuine Financial Reform - NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION

| AJ

Citigroup selling off three divisions - FINANCIAL TIMES

| AJ

Citigroup is in talks to sell its private equity, real estate and hedge fund investment arms, which together manage about $20bn of assets, as the bank presses ahead with plans to sell $900bn of non-core assets to repay debt

A Proposal for Genuine Financial Reform

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“Is the president finally getting serious about real financial reform? Last Thursday, Obama called for the biggest regulatory crackdown on banks since the 1930s, proposing strict limits on the size of financial institutions and a ban on risky activities such as proprietary trading and internal hedge funds.” So writes Marshall Auerback in a new policy paper. Although