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...Still, no one's suggesting the hedge-fund industry will start to shrivel until it is once again the size of a cottage industry. According to HFR's composite index, hedge funds since 1990 have produced an average annual return of 13.94% (after fees) compared with 10.9% for the S&P 500 - and they delivered that higher return with half the volatility of the S&P 500. If similar results are maintained, the industry will continue to attract billions of dollars from institutional investors. Even during the subprime turmoil, Read of CalPERS said it never crossed his mind to write...
...Jung Il.” When asked what religion they practice, Kim said North Koreans say they study the teachings of Kim Il Sung, the country’s former president and father of its current leader, Kim Jung Il. He said North Koreans then ask in return, “Why should we worship foreign gods when we have our own Great Leader?” “God is Kim Il Sung. Jesus is Kim Jung Il and the Holy Spirit is the Workers’ Party,” said Kim, who is now a professor...
...military. The court is expected to rule within days on those cases, and also on actions challenging the legitimacy of the amnesty Musharraf offered to Benazir Bhutto on corruption charges, in order to smooth his way to a power-sharing deal with popular former prime minister, whose return to Pakistan from exile last week was greeted by a massive terror attack. And the court appears to be in no mood to submit to Musharraf, despite explicit threats from his government that ruling against him would bring martial...
...week, Chief Justice Chaudhry ruled that the government's deportation of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on September 10 was illegal, raising expectations that it may continue defying the government despite the consequences. Sharif's party, meanwhile, has announced that the former prime minister will make another attempt to return home sometime this month, adding to the mounting challenges to Musharraf's authority...
...said. Hogan estimated the gift would amount to about 10 percent of the current funding for Harvard’s research in energy policy, and he said Shell would not direct how the money would be spent. Shell’s press office did not return requests for comment. Hogan said he was trying to amass more financial support to expand programs in energy policy, but would not speculate about future gifts. “There are no promising leads until the check is deposited in the bank,” he said. On the same day that the Kennedy...