D.E. Shaw is going to trial over the sale of a litigation finance portfolio company, shining a light on a side-pocket deal at the secretive hedge fund firm

The $50 billion hedge fund firm D.E. Shaw and its bankers at Raymond James are being sued by Gary Chodes, the founder of Oasis Financial.

September 11, 2019   |   View Online »

D.E. Shaw is going to trial over the sale of a litigation finance portfolio company, shining a light on a side-pocket deal at the secretive hedge fund firm Bradley Saacks | The $50 billion hedge fund firm D.E. Shaw and its bankers at Raymond James are being sued by Gary Chodes, the founder of Oasis Financial. Read More »

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Big-name hedge funds like BlackRock's Obsidian, Lansdowne Partners, and billionaire Joseph Edelman's Perceptive Advisors were stung by losses in an action-packed August Bradley Saacks | The big losses from August — like Autonomy Capital's $1 billion hit — were mostly from bets on Argentina gone wrong. But other funds stumbled too. Read More »

Harvard Business School offers online classes that run parallel to its MBA program — for a fraction of the cost. 3 career-changers who took the courses explain why they don't regret skipping out on a degree. Robin Madell | While an MBA can cost between $50,000 and $150,000, you can get a top-notch education on your own at HBS Online for a little over $1,000 per class. Read More »

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The heads of recruiting at Salesforce and Facebook have both told us that 'best day' questions are frequently asked in interviews. Here's how to answer them. Sherin Shibu | If you're interviewing at Salesforce or Facebook, you'll want to prepare for the perfect, ideal, or best day question. Read More »

Wall Street analysts have new evidence that Netflix may have rebounded from its subscriber slump Ashley Rodriguez | Shares of Netflix rose more than 2% during trading on Monday after analysts at Bank of America Merrill Lynch spotted a big boost in app downloads. Read More »

Walmart exec Andy Dunn says he's worried that the 'music's about to stop' for a bunch of retail startups Áine Cain | Andy Dunn, a Walmart executive who founded Bonobos, says retail startups today aren't too concerned with turning a profit. Read More »

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