Billionaire hedge-fund manager Edward S. Lampert is placing new bets on a U.S. housing recovery, buying stakes in beaten-up home builders, mortgage lenders and a home-improvement retailer. Mr. Lampert's ESL Investments Inc., which owns half of ...

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TOKYO, April 28 (Reuters) - Mizuho Securities, the unlisted brokerage of Mizuho Financial Group , posted on Monday of a $4 billion net loss for the year just ended, hurt by bad bets on the U.S. subprime mortgage market. Mizuho Financial also said it ...

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UBS signalled it will cut its investment bank to a rump after lost bets in subprime mortgages landed the Swiss bank with a $37 billion (U.S.) bill

The investments made into the technology sector are at record highs, according to an article in BusinessWeek. Many VCs are looking to Web-oriented companies, which typically require smaller investments to operate than firms in other sectors, as safer bets in a weak economy. First-quarter investments ...

BASEL (Reuters) - UBS signaled that it will cut its investment bank to a rump after lost bets in subprime mortgages landed the Swiss group with a $37...

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Citigroup posts $5.1 billion loss due to hefty write-downs Newsvine - business Fri, 04/18/2008 - 05:39 Citigroup Inc. says it lost $5.1 billion during the first quarter as poor bets on mortgages and leveraged loans lopped billions of dollars from its investment portfolio.