Topic: Hedge Funds

Behold the Power of the Superstar Investor

AP

Everyone hates Bruno Iskil for single handled costing JPMorgan $2 billion, but some titans of finance wield just as much power over financial markets by uttering a few words -- and get rewarded handsomely for it.

By Adam Clark Estes

Jan 25, 2012

George Soros Admits He's a Traitorous Billionaire

Sitting in what appears to be a Syracuse Orangemen-themed studio at Davos, Reuters' Chrystia Freeland teased some pretty fun quotes out of George Soros on Wednesday.

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By Elspeth Reeve

Apr 28, 2011

Obama Seeks to Make Up with Wall Street and Its Money

He tells donors, "Everybody here almost by definition has lived out that American dream"

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By Elspeth Reeve

Apr 26, 2011

Hedge Fund Donors, Feeling Like Battered Spouses, Abandon Obama

Obama's $1 billion reelection fundraising goal will be tougher without Wall Street

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