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Ryan Kavanaugh Is Ready for His Close-Up
Submitted by loner on 3 March, 2011 - 11:04am- Bloomberg
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The Relativity Media chief has big hopes—and two Oscar contenders
Ryan Kavanaugh's emergence as a rising studio mogul was on display at the Golden Globes on Jan. 16 when Christian Bale gave a shout-out to the Hollywood financier as he accepted the supporting-actor award for his role as a drug-using former boxer in The Fighter. Backstage, the bearded actor joked that he singled out Kavanaugh, one of the film's producers, because "he said if I thanked him personally he would actually pay me for my next film."
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A Pistachio Farmer, Pom Wonderful, and the FTC
Submitted by loner on 15 November, 2010 - 10:33am- Adam Keats
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- Bloomberg Businessweek
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California philanthropists Lynda and Stewart Resnick own a pistachio empire twice the size of Sacramento. Now they're facing lawsuits over water control and the health claims of Pom Wonderful
On an unexpectedly rainy October day in Los Angeles, Stewart Resnick looks out the window of a third-floor conference room and shrugs.
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Cottage industry thrives on bypassing banks
Submitted by loner on 19 July, 2009 - 4:15pm- Alan Lysaght
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- Scott Langmack
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Scott Langmack has given more than US$600,000 in unsecured loans to strangers.
"I can reliably get 12 per cent, worst case 9 per cent," said Mr Langmack, 50, a former Microsoft marketing executive who began investing in so-called peer-to-peer lending last year. "I can't find anything that gives me this kind of confidence."
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"Split Down the Middle": Why China Won't Dominate the 21st Century
Submitted by loner on 29 April, 2009 - 11:29pm
Posted Apr 29, 2009 08:30am EDT by Aaron Task in Investing, Newsmakers
Related: FXI, EPP, PAF, GCH, PGJ, EWJ, EEM
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Lahde Quits Hedge Funds, Thanks `Idiots' for Success
Submitted by loner on 19 October, 2008 - 5:46pm- AIG
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- Andrew Lahde
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- Dalton Investments LLC
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- Hedge Fund
- Katherine Burton
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- Lahde Capital Management LLC
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- Michigan State University
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- Santa Monica
- The Bear Stearns Companies Inc.
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Oct. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Andrew Lahde, the hedge-fund manager who quit after posting an 870 percent gain last year, said farewell to clients in a letter that thanks stupid traders for making him rich and ends with a plea to legalize marijuana.
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