E Robert Switz

After years of crippling losses, the one-time hedge fund superstar - now just a mere mortal fund manager John Paulson, is offering his (very patient) investors some decent returns. In 2013 there are many...... (read more)

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The most successful campaign initiated by billionaire hedge-fund operator George Soros has been the legalization of marijuana. California has been the focus of most of his efforts. But there are indications...... (read more)

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Transocean LTD (NYSE:RIG) employees should have done more to detect signs of trouble before the company's drilling rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, killing 11 workers and...... (read more)

On March 4, Transocean LTD (NYSE:RIG) announced it intends to restore its dividend payments after pressure from activist shareholder Carl Icahn.  In the aftermath of the tragic Gulf of Mexico spill,...... (read more)

Money for nothing. That's basically what departing Novartis AG (ADR) (NYSE:NVS) chairman and former CEO Daniel Vasella would have gotten before an uproar in Switzerland nixed the deal. His non-compete...... (read more)

Another day, another hedge fund manager weighs in on nutritional products company Herbalife Ltd. This time several media outlets are reporting that David Einhorn's Greenlight Capital Re, Ltd. (NASDAQ:...... (read more)