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Hedge Funds Bet on Coal-Mining Failures
2014-11-24 09:52:25| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
Hedge funds are betting that some of the largest U.S. coal companies are heading for the financial slag heap. The coal industry is in a prolonged slump with a long list of causes topped by sluggish demand and competition from cheap natural gas, which have pushed prices to historic lows.
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Hedge Funds Burned in Shire Double Down on Covidien Deal
2014-11-12 21:49:22| Biotech - Topix.net
Hedge funds bruised by wrong-way bets on AbbVie Inc.'s failed merger with Shire Plc are showing few signs the trauma was permanent. At least three firms that speculated on the doomed $52 billion drug industry takeover -- Paulson & Co., Taconic Capital Advisors LP and Pentwater Capital Management LP -- have reported stakes tied to Medtronic Inc.'s offer for Covidien Plc , according to filings with the Irish Takeover Panel.
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Hedge Funds Raise Bullish Cocoa Bets on Ebola Risk: Commodities
2014-09-29 11:49:12| Biotech - Topix.net
Hedge funds raised bullish bets on cocoa before prices climbed to the highest since 2011 on concern that the deadly Ebola disease will disrupt supplies from West Africa, which produces 70 percent of global supply. Money managers raised their net-long positions by the most in 16 weeks.
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Top hedge funds flocked to Allergan amid bid backed by Ackman
2014-08-15 04:48:20| Biotech - Topix.net
Billionaire investor William Ackman, who often says he is flattered when others follow him into a stock he likes, was joined by several prominent hedge funds that made new bets on takeover target Allergan Inc made public their pursuit of the Botox maker in late April.
Hedge Funds Snub Natural-Gas Rally as Supply Gains Loom: Energy
2014-08-12 01:37:03| Energy - Topix.net
Money managers cut the combined net-long position across four benchmark contracts by 21 percent in the week ended Aug. 5, after 15 weeks of above-average stockpile increases.
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