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Scandal or not, one SAC investor can't get enough of Steve Cohen

By Svea Herbst-Bayliss and Sam Forgione BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - As federal prosecutors circle Steven A. Cohen's $15 billion hedge fund in a long-running insider trading probe, one financial adviser in Texas is so devoted to the billionaire investor that he may give him more money. "I'm thinking about putting more money with him," said Ed Butowsky, managing director at Chapwood Capital Investment Management, who manages $1 billion in client money.

Prosecutors consider using racketeering law against SAC: source

By Emily Flitter NEW YORK (Reuters) - Prosecutors are considering charging Steven A. Cohen's SAC Capital Advisors as a criminal enterprise engaged in a long pattern of insider trading in stocks, according to a person familiar with the matter. Prosecutors may use the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, most commonly associated with prosecutions against the mafia, to move against Cohen's $15 billion hedge fund company, said the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

Prosecutors' subpoena of SAC's Cohen puzzles defense lawyers

By Matthew Goldstein NEW YORK (Reuters) - The decision by prosecutors to compel Steven A. Cohen to testify before a federal grand jury about allegations of insider trading at his $15 billion hedge fund is leaving many criminal defense lawyers scratching their heads.

Column: Transforming your 401(k) into steady income

By Mark Miller CHICAGO (Reuters) - A job and a paycheck - they go together like coffee and cream. But when you retire from your regular job, does that mean you have to give up the cream? A growing number of 401(k) plans are including investment choices that can help savers convert nest eggs into retirement income. Participants can buy insurance annuities or other products designed to spread funds over a lifetime.

Sprint raises Clearwire offer, not enough for some

By Sinead Carew (Reuters) - Sprint Nextel Corp <S.N> raised its buyout offer for wireless service provider Clearwire Corp <CLWR.O> to $3.40 per share, but the new bid was not high enough to impress some investors. Clearwire shares almost immediately traded around the new offer price, having consistently traded well above the old $2.97-per-share bid. Sprint announced the revised price just hours before Clearwire was due to hold a special meeting for shareholders to vote on the original offer.

financial crisis-govt bailout

SEOUL, May 21 (Yonhap) -- The government said Tuesday it will bail out some delinquent borrowers from the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis, as part of a policy bid to ease financial burdens of the underprivileged. Under the scheme, some 110,000 out of 2.36 million delinquent borrowers whose credit rating plummeted due to joint liabilities during the two-year financial turmoil will have their records erased by local financial institutions, according to the Financial Services Commission (FSC) and other state-run financial agencies.

Blackstone, Pactera insiders make $680 million offer

By Greg Roumeliotis (Reuters) - Pactera Technology International Ltd <PACT.O> said on Monday that Blackstone Group LP <BX.N>, together with the company's management, made a $680.3 million non-binding proposal to take China's largest technology outsourcing firm private. Pactera said it expected its board of directors to form a special committee of independent directors to consider the consortium's offer of $7.50 per share. Pactera shares surged 31.1 percent to $6.90.

Should you skip Obamacare and keep your old plan?

By Kathleen Kingsbury BOSTON (Reuters) - When the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, starts rolling out in October, it will overhaul how Americans get healthcare coverage. Yet many workers will feel little immediate impact. That's because almost half the 160 million Americans who received health coverage through their jobs in 2012 were enrolled in what's known as a "grandfathered" insurance plan, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation report.

TransUnion: Late-payment rate on US credit cards fell in 1Q as borrowers tackled holiday debt

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Americans got better about paying their credit card debt on time in the first three months of the year, a period when many borrowers use income tax returns to tackle their holiday season debt. The rate of credit card payments at least 90 days overdue fell to 0.69 per cent in the first quarter from 0.85 per cent a year earlier — drop of nearly 19 per cent, credit reporting agency TransUnion said Tuesday.

Small company stocks take limelight as Russell 2000 index climbs above 1,000 for first time

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Small-company stocks were a bright spot in a slow and choppy start to the week for Wall Street. The Russell 2000, an index of small-company stocks, climbed above 1,000 points for the first time and ended higher Monday, even as the Dow Jones industrial average, the Standard Small stocks are doing well because they are more focused on the U.S., which is recovering, and are less exposed to recession-plagued Europe than the large international companies that make up the Dow and the S
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