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These two sectors have grown fantastically over the past decade, and their star performers have been fantastically well rewarded. Three hedge-fund managers made more than $1 billion each last year, reports trade magazine Alpha. Private-equity firm Blackstone's public offering in June made its founders multibillionaires. Now both businesses are under stress...
...mastered the art of influencing shoppers through sight (with alluring displays) and smell (say, by piping the odor of fresh coffee throughout a store), few have focused on the smart use of sound, says retail psychologist Tim Denison of the British Retail Think Tank. But that's changing. U.S. firm Muzak used to be the butt of jokes for its bland elevator music, but it now supplies some 400,000 shops, restaurants and hotels around the world--including Gap, McDonald's and Burger King--with songs tailored to reflect their identity. "What we're trying to capture is a brand...
According to Larson, Sowood’s portfolio was experiencing losses in June—due to pessimism in the credit market—that were worrisome for the firm but still “manageable” due to the fact that the fund’s collateral was still valued highly...
...case to go to trial. "Getting this case to trial was a great accomplishment; it is really a wake-up call for all U.S. companies that their behavior overseas will see the light of day - perhaps even in U.S. federal courts," says Walter Tache, a Miami lawyer with the firm of Zuckerman Spaeder, who has consulted with both sides of such claims. "Once there is a successful case, the floodgates from the plaintiff's bar will open for many more...
...coupled with news from mega-mortgage lender Countrywide Financial that homeowners with good credit are starting to fall behind on mortgage payments. It has all contributed to a contagiously pessimistic mood. "We thought the upper end of the market was immune," says Steve Johnson, of real estate consulting firm Metrostudy. "But this is now like kudzu in the South, spreading into all product types in the southern California housing market...