Highland Capital Management related stories
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- peHUB First Read
* Top 7 attention-hungry doomsayers http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-02-11/top-seven-attention-hungry-doomsayers/ * Jim Cramer: Defending Tim Geithner http://nymag.com/news/businessfinance/bottomline/54304/ * Morning Call: U.S. futures point higher http://www.reuters.com/article/usMktRpt/idUSLD26392020090213 London up a mid-day http://www.reuters.com/article/londonMktRpt/idUSLD4815920090213 the U.S. mortgage plan and copper lift other European shares http://www.reuters.com/article/londonMktRpt/idUSLD4815920090213 the Nikkei snaps its losing streak http://www.reuters.com/article/tokyoMktRpt/idUST3969220090213 and Hong Kong gains 2.5 percent http://www.reuters.com/article/hongkongMktRpt/idUSHKG2517920090213 * We got an IPO this week, but weren't there supposed to be four of them? http://blogs.reuters.com/reuters-dealzone/2009/02/11/one-smash-ipo-does-not-a-recovery-make/ * The Stimulus: What's in it for Silicon Valley? http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11694026?dbk
- peHUB First Read
* Six degrees of sandwiches http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2008/10/15/17081/six-degrees-of-sandwiches/ * Hugo Dixon says http://www.breakingviews.com/2008/10/17/2%20and%2020.aspx that we're now seeing the folly of 2 and 20, when it comes to hedge fund managers. No mention of private equity, probably because it doesn't have the redemption/panicked selling issues that can cause systematic crisis. * Speaking of troubled hedgies: Dallas-based Highland Capital Management is closing its flagship fund http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a80siG5YLU8g&refer=home And Perry Capital just laid off http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2008/10/16/perry-capital-lays-off-more-than-20-staffers-refocuses-on-credit/ up to 30 equities pros. * More job cuts http://venturebeat.com/2008/10/16/more-job-cuts-hit-silicon-valley-zivity-and-hi5/ at VC-backed companies in Silicon Valley. And that's in addition to yesterday's AdBrite news http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/16/adbrite-lays-off-40-of-staff-including-two-execs/ * Ritholtz blows up the notion http://bigpicture.typepad.com/comments/2008/10/market-performa.html of correlation between market performance and a sitting president's party. * European stocks rise, U.S. futures drop http://bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=ab3e0zrQ99CA&refer=home Equity Private warns us that this is going to be a very volatile day http://dealbreaker.com/2008/10/dealbreaker-afterdark-80-milli.php (speaking of EP, does she still work fulltime at a PE firm? If so, how does she manage to be Carney's quasi replacement at DealBreaker?)
- peHUB Second Opinion 10.16.08
All Facebook All The Time: Could the spate of Facebook departures hint at a potential sale? Mergermarket thinks so http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/c51525e8-9b83-11dd-ae76-000077b07658,dwp_uuid=e8477cc4-c820-11db-b0dc-000b5df10621.html Sinfest: How The Credit Crisis Was Solved http://blogs.reuters.com/reuters-dealzone/2008/10/15/solving-the-credit-crisis/ Ouch, And Also Haha: Chesapeake Energy throws propriety to the wind http://dealbreaker.com/2008/10/we-have-to-be-able-to-laugh-ab-2.php in its Investor Day presentation slides. A way to lighten the mood perhaps? The painful ball-crush image labeled "Lehman Brothers http://dealbreaker.com/images/thumbs/chesapeakeslide.php " certainly begs the question of how exposed the firm was. Careerbuilder.com is Thriving These Days: Evidenced by the two-block-long line of 2300 job-seeking hopefuls http://www.nypost.com/seven/10162008/news/regionalnews/laid_off__lining_up_for_work_133846.htm at a recent job fair in Chelsea. We Go Viral. We Get On The Net, And We Blog It Out: Job hunters can take some guerilla self-marketing tactics from Glass Hammer's Pimp My LinkedIn guide http://www.theglasshammer.com/news/2008/10/15/5-easy-ways-to-beef-up-your-linked-in-profile/ (Kudos to anyone who can name the commercial that uses the above line.)
- PE Week Wire: Friday, October 3, 2008
Random Ramblings
- PE Week Wire: Friday, October 3, 2008
Random Ramblings