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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...wild ride began when Porsche quietly announced on Sunday that it now held nearly three quarters of VW's equity, having expanded its direct stake in VW to 42.6% from 35%, and also having exercised call options on enough shares to raise its stake to 74.1%. The sports-car manufacturer's announcement that it had effectively taken control of VW was very bad news for hedge funds and banks that had taken short positions on VW shares on the assumption that their price would fall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hedge Funds Shorting VW Stung By Porsche | 10/29/2008 | See Source »

Exactly two weeks after Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Japan's top lender, tossed a $9-billion lifeline to Morgan Stanley - in exchange for a 21% stake - Mitsubishi UFJ is in need of some help itself. On Monday, Japan's largest bank said that it needs to raise $10.7 billion in capital and will be selling common and preferred shares. It was negative news following negative news. Less than one week ago, Mitsubishi UFJ downgraded its net profit for the first half of the year to about half of what it was last year at this time. Japan's Nikkei index...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Troubles Hit Morgan Stanley's Japanese Savior | 10/27/2008 | See Source »

...turnout in the United States has been a too-strong distinction between everyday life and the conduct of government, a psychological chasm separating voter from candidate. If humor and banter can serve as a vehicle for making the electorate think about the issues of our time and take a stake in their government, then our culture should not hesitate to make use of that vehicle...

Author: By Nafees A. Syed | Title: Democracy Needs Colbert | 10/27/2008 | See Source »

...protects student health, and abides by the law.Having HoCos serve students alcohol is a major benefit for this year’s game. As the facilitators of house life in the college, HoCos should be the organizations providing students with the accoutrements of game day. Furthermore, giving HoCos a stake in helping to run this enormous undertaking provides students with an opportunity to prove that they can handle themselves in a potentially dangerous situation. In short, it’s good to have students helping other students under the umbrella of the House system. Although HoCos may be able...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Shades of Crimson | 10/26/2008 | See Source »

...It’s a messy phase of any project when you’re trying to gather information from lots of different constituents and stake-holders,” said Nelson about the increasing number of committees. “But that’s really what we’re trying to do. We want this canvassed very widely...

Author: By Abby D. Phillip, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Subcommittees To Weigh in on House Life | 10/24/2008 | See Source »

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