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...hedgies had their heads handed to them. Two Bear Stearns hedge funds worth a total of $1.5 billion collapsed due to their exposure to toxic subprime debt, a debacle that was preceded by the subprime-fueled demise of a hedge fund run by Swiss bank UBS. Basis Capital, an Australian firm with more than $2 billion in assets, was forced in August to liquidate its Basis Yield Alpha Fund, which had previously been one of Australia's best-rated hedge funds. Numerous quant funds, which use computerized analysis to make investment decisions, posted big losses as stock markets reeled from...
...Australia, where many of the world's top racing horses are sired, syndicate schemes allowing investors to put up as little as $5,400 are growing in popularity. Australian organizations such as Dynamic Syndications act as a kind of online matchmaking service, helping to put would-be ownership groups together with promising thoroughbreds through a website that features photos and video clips of horses, detailed reports on their medical fitness, and results from time trials and races. "Our website is like a mini-TV station," says Dynamic Syndications managing director Dean Watt. "If you could put a smell through...
Having written plays with titles such as “Trojan Barbie,” “Mothergun,” and “Pussy Boy,” Australian playwright and Harvard lecturer Christine M. Evans is not exactly looking to be uncontroversial.Evans, the Briggs-Copeland lecturer on English and American literature and language, is set to debut her latest play, “Weightless,” at the Perishable Theatre in Providence on Monday, Oct. 29. The play is about a family living on the top of skyscraper who don’t want...
...singing atop a black piano and then a black stage. Actually, there’s a lot of black in this video. It’s glittery and sequined, but it’s dark and there’s not much of that chirpy Polly Pocket-sized Australian girl from Australian soap opera “Neighbours” left to love. Her legions of gay followers are probably mourning their loss. Her skin-tight costumes look as though they were borrowed from Prince, her curls are shamelessly Xtina-esque, and her set design smacks of Gwen. She doesn?...
...said Berry, emphasizing that he condemned Watson’s comments. “He has done a lot of important work for the scientific community, and arguably for humanity.” This is not Dr. Watson’s first controversial remark. In 2003, an Australian newspaper reported Watson as saying that pregnant women should have the choice to abort their unborn fetus if testing determined that it would be genetically inclined to be gay. Aside from his public apology, Watson has kept silent on his remarks and has declined to be interviewed by the media...