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Capital One Financial to acquire Chevy Chase Bank for $520 million as it bolsters deposit base
AP Business WriterNEW YORK (AP) — Capital One Financial Corp. said Thursday it will acquire Chevy Chase Bank for $520 million in cash and stock, as it continues to bolster its deposit base to help fund operations amid the ongoing credit crisis. Fresh off receiving...Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, U.S. Department of Treasury, Chevy Chase, Citigroup Incorporated, Credit and Debt
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Alternative investments sour for endowments, pensions
The Associated PressCollege endowments and state pension funds plowed billions of dollars into hedge funds and private-equity investments as a way to balance their stock holdings, and for a time they got supercharged returns. Those days are over. From Harvard University...Tags: Pension and Welfare, Retirement, Colleges and Universities, Financial Aid, Interior Policy
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Using $2 Million Of UConn's Money, Students Tackle Volatile Stock Market
Special To The CourantTwenty University of Connecticut students have been playing the wildly gyrating stock market this fall -- with money from the university's endowment. Participating in an annual program, the students are getting academic credit for putting nearly $2...Tags: Bankruptcy, Procter & Gamble Company, Johnson & Johnson Incorporated, FTI Consulting Incorporated, Microsoft Corp.
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Students Tackle Stock Market, Using UConn's Money
Special To The CourantTwenty University of Connecticut students have been playing the wildly gyrating stock market this fall — with money from the university's endowment. Participating in an annual program, the students are getting academic credit for putting nearly...Tags: Warren Buffett, Bankruptcy, Procter & Gamble Company, Johnson & Johnson Incorporated, FTI Consulting Incorporated
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Wednesday's market movers
BEAZER HOMES USA $0.39 (28%) to $1.77 Shares of the home builder advanced after bond fund manager Bill Gross said in an interview that 30-year fixed mortgage rates may drop as low as 4.5 percent. Pulte Homes Inc. gained 13 percent, to $11.14, and D....Tags: Toshiba Corporation
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On top of stock declines, endowments and pension funds face losses on alternative investments
AP Business WritersNEW YORK (AP) _ College endowments and state pension funds plowed billions of dollars into hedge funds and private-equity investments as a way to balance their stock holdings, and for a time they got supercharged returns. Those days are over. From...Tags: University of Virginia, Pension and Welfare, Retirement, Corporations, Financial Aid
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Morgan Stanley buys stake in General Growth
Tribune reporterInvestment banker Morgan Stanley disclosed in a regulatory filing Tuesday that it has boosted its stake in struggling mall operator General Growth Properties Inc. to 5.1 percent. The New York firm's filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission came...Tags: Deutsche Bank AG, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Company, Water Tower Place, The Goldman Sachs Group Incorporated, General Growth Properties Incorporated
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Legg Mason to take $523 million charge in quarter
Baltimore's Legg Mason Inc. said late yesterday that it expects to take a $523 million charge in the quarter ending Dec. 31 to provide more support for four money market funds invested in troubled asset-backed securities. The money manager has stepped up...Tags: Finance, Bill Miller, Legg Mason, Inc., Financial Markets
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Act now for a more secure retirement
Chicago TribuneWhen it comes to your money, you might have had trouble finding any reason to be thankful. With the stock market down sharply and many a bond fund hit by the credit crisis too, 401(k)'s and other savings have been brutalized in one of the worst financial...Tags: Morningstar Incorporated, Retirement, Health Insurance, 401K, Employers
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Ill. Treasurer Giannoulias wants pensions pooled
Associated Press WriterIllinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias on Monday proposed pooling the investments of five state-funded pension systems into a new, single system to save money and ward off corruption. Lawmakers need to approve Giannoulias' plan to create the new...Tags: Tony Rezko, Pension and Welfare, Retirement, Rod Blagojevich, Michael Madigan
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Delphi wins court motion access loan proceeds
AP Business WriterA bankruptcy judge said Monday that auto supplier Delphi can continue to access the proceeds of $4.35 billion in loans after the Dec. 31 expiration date. The ruling effectively allows Delphi to default on the loans when they mature Dec. 31, and lets the...Tags: Contracts, Loans, General Motors Corp., Bankruptcy, Court Administration
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New Star shares plummet after it starts fresh debt talks; request for trading halt rejected
LONDON (AP) _ Shares in New Star Asset Management plummeted more than 65 percent on Monday after it revealed it has started fresh debt talks with banks and market authorities rejected its request to temporarily suspend trading in its stock. The British...
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