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		<title>Distressed debt focus: CNBC interviews Avenue Capital&#8217;s Marc Lasry (4/17/09)  ($F,$GM,$C)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[He says opportunities abound in distressed debt, especially in the debt of casinos&#8230;


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		<title>Liquidating Highland Crusader Fund&#8217;s investors feud over who gets paid first &#8212; should early redeemers have the edge?; Marc Lasry&#8217;s Avenue looking to sell leveraged loan unit?; Crispin Odey sees possible signs of a new bull mkt; Nomura inv banking cuts</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Hedge funds]]></category>
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A
Hedge Row At Highland &#8211; NY Post


Hedge fund Highland Capital is scrambling to quell a dispute among investors grousing about who gets what during the liquidation of the firm&#39;s imploded flagship fund.&#0160;
Dallas-based Highland told investors during a conference call last week that it would consider bringing on a third-party mediator to help calm the frayed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forbes billionaires list: The hedge funders and private equity guys</title>
		<link>http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/03/forbes-billionaires-list-the-hedge-funders-and-private-equity-guys/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Citadel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Soros]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge funds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Schwarzman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steven A. Cohen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[T Boone Pickens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ted Forstmann]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wilbur Ross]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Allen Stanford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Avenue Investments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bruce Kovner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carl Icahn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DE Shaw]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eddie Lampert]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Henry Kravis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Highbridge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim Simons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leon Black]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[FINalternatives has culled through the Forbes list for all of the alternative investment guys who are represented.&#0160; Notably missing: Allen Stanford.&#0160; Here&#39;s the list:


Alternative Investment Billionairesrank&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;billionaire&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;alternatives firm&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;net worth (billions)29&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;George Soros&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;Soros Fund Management&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;$1143&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;Carl Icahn&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;Icahn Associates&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;$955&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;James Simons&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;Renaissance Technologies&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;$876&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;John Paulson&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;Paulson &#38; Co.&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;$687&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;Steven [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Carlyle&#8217;s Rubenstein predicts weakness for hedge funds &amp; private equity for years; Ramius is closing four funds; Avenue&#8217;s Lasry thinks that &#8220;now is a phenomenal time to buy&#8221;; 20% of hedge funds history in 2 years?;  New Star trying to halt talent exodus</title>
		<link>http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2008/12/carlyles-rubenstein-predicts-weakness-for-hedge-funds-ramius-is-closing-four-funds-avenues-lasry-thinks-that-now-is-a-phenomenal-time-to-buy-20-of-hedge-funds-his/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Credit Crunch]]></category>
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Rubenstein of Carlyle Group Sees Hedge Funds Weaker for ‘Years’
- Bloomberg

Hedge funds and private-equity firms will struggle for “a few years” as the U.S. economy wades through the worst recession in seven decades, said David Rubenstein, co-founder of Carlyle Group.&#0160;
“We were in a recession for a year; we’re going to be in it for probably [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hedge Fund 13F Charts have been updated; Soros and Blue Ridge Capital were added</title>
		<link>http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2008/06/hedge-fund-13f-charts-have-been-updated-soros-and-blue-ridge-capital-were-added/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[13F Charts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eton Park Capital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Soros]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[T Boone Pickens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Third Point]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tudor Investment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Appaloosa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Avenue Investments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Ackman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carl Icahn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dan Loeb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greenlight Capital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harbinger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jana Partners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Burbank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MatlinPatterson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Metropolitan Capital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Och Ziff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Passport Capital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Tudor Jones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paulson & Co]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Perry Capital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philippe Jabre]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We updated all of the 13F charts this weekend.&#160; In addition, Soros&#8217; top 200 positions have been added, as well as Blue Ridge Capital.
The link is here.
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		<title>Bear Stearns said to have held talks with Fortress and Avenue before Jimmy Cayne stepped down as CEO&#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 14:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Credit Crunch]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[but they were ultimately aborted.&#160; Bear also talked to Marc Lasry at Avenue Investments about a potential combination&#8230;.


While the talks ultimately were called off,
the discussions are a sign of how much pressure Bear Stearns is under to seek a
partner following heavy losses on its mortgage-related holdings and declining
revenue from its fixed-income business.
A combination would have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alpha Magazine&#8217;s Top 25 Hedge Fund earners</title>
		<link>http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2007/04/alpha-magazines-top-25-hedge-fund-earners/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Citadel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Soros]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Steven A. Cohen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[T Boone Pickens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tudor Investment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Avenue Investments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bridgewater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bruce Kovner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carl Icahn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Caxton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dave Tepper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eddie Lampert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GLG Partners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Och Ziff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Tudor Jones]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alpha Magazine&#8217;s list of the top 25 hedge fund earners is out for 2006.&#160; The average earnings over the whole group is a meager $570 million vs $362 million last year.&#160; Those earning less than $240 million in 2006 need not apply;&#160; that was the cutoff point vs $130 million in 2005.&#160; And as he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hedge fund titans pick their horses</title>
		<link>http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2007/01/hedge-fund-titans-pick-their-horses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2007 13:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>WSF</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge funds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Avenue Investments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elliott Associates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Perry Capital]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New York Times profiles some of the big hedge fund money backing &#8216;08 presidential president hopefuls, including Perry Capital and Elliott Associates:
Lisa Perry loves Hillary Rodham Clinton.
So much so that two large portrait photographs of the senator by Chuck Close grace the hallway of her 1960s-themed penthouse apartment on Sutton Place in Manhattan.
“It’s a [...]]]></description>
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