Newcrest Mining Limited (OTCMKTS:NCMGY) (ASX:NCM)'s decision to write down the value of its mines by as much as A$6 billion ($5.5 billion) will lead to the biggest one-time charge... Read More

With a tough operating environment behind them, U.S. banks have put greater focus on resource optimization, risk mitigation and cost management. As a result, Societe Generale analysts anticipate that... Read More

Geopolitical concerns raise their ugly head again in Europe as Ukraine issued a Monday morning ultimatum to pro-Russian separatists to lay down arms or face an all-out anti-terrorist operation... Read More

Increasingly Hard Finance Schools Giving Students The Ability To "Hit The Ground Running" Do you aspire to be a member of the elite banking class in England?  There is a... Read More

Over the past few weeks, the price of Brent crude has spiked to $60 a barrel due to rising tensions in the Middle East and improving fundamentals for the... Read More

Wall Street Journal editor Jim Oberman is leaving the newspaper to be a part of the hedge fund Aravt Global LLC, which is supposed to launch early next year,... Read More

Pershing Square Holdings, Ltd., the publicly traded stock of Bill Ackman's activist hedge fund, Pershing Square has lost around 13% in August amid the market turbulence. Pershing Square Holdings, which went public... Read More

Over two weeks ago, I wrote a post suggesting going long US Municipal Bonds and China , as a “knife catching” trade . Those trades haven’t fared too poorly since. That... Read More

Puerto Rico's Debt Crisis by Joseph Deane, David Hammer, Sean McCarthy, PIMCO Puerto Rico’s municipal debt has been mired in negative news headlines and heightened price volatility. Joe Deane, head... Read More

Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:AMLN) was under attack today from Carl Icahn over the board of that company's refusal to comment on rumors of a rejected takeover offer. Icahn, who holds... Read More