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No random walk on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
... caught short by a policy announcement tomorrow. Hedge fund manager Paul Sinclair's -- who is reportedly liquidating the Los Angeles-based Expo Capital Management - sentiment perhaps best describes the current mood in the markets. According to Bloomberg ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
... authorities have announced an investigation into yet another Chinese export product, this time the veritable kitchen sink. LOS ANGELES - Ticket sales for movies shown around the globe rose three per cent in 2011 to $US32.6 billion ($A31.27 billion) ...

Plan 5 and counting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2011
... boom is over -- time to sell. This one's the reverse... and we've seen this transpire in our very recent history. The Los Angeles Times published an article 13 February 2009 reporting that, "Dennis Blair, Obama's new director of national intelligence ...

ACSI helps push News Corp negative vote to 35%

ALEX DUNNIN, CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
... only half this level. The results have just been released by News Corp following the annual general meeting held in Los Angeles on Friday. A statement by ACSI said that the negative votes were so significant the board was forced to rely on the supporting ...

ACSI remands News Corp governance

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011
... calling for Australian super funds to protest against members of the News Corp board at its annual general meeting in Los Angeles today if the group's governance does not improve. Global media company News Corp has been at the centre of a phone hacking ...

nabInvest secures US firm stake

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011
... income investment management firm, in a bid to expand its range of asset classes. Peridiem Global Investors, based in Los Angeles, applies a quantitative and fundamental analysis to alternative and traditional fixed income strategies and is lead by chief ...

US$50bn US manager lands in Sydney

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011
... to Asia, financial stability and similar business principles. Founded in 1995, Artio also has offices in New York, Los Angeles, Toronto and London.

The day the earth moved

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... without incident. Now it's gonna be Japan. Two Japanese oil refineries burnt during the tremor. And according to the Los Angeles Times, "Industry experts say that if Japan can't get its refineries back on line quickly, there will be a spike in that country's ...

Plus Capital signs third distribution deal

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2010
Sydney-based Plus Capital Investment Management, a third party distributor, has signed a distribution deal with Los Angeles-based Causeway Capital Management. The deal is Plus Capital's third since launching in 2009, following agreements with insurance ...

Corrupt city officials face pension freeze

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
... at "all possible violations of law" by Bell officials, including civil and criminal sections. The probe followed a Los Angeles Times article revealing the US$787,637 salary of Bell City manager, Robert Rizzo. The Bell police chief was also found to make ...