CEOs Who Lose Millions In Minutes
Forbes (Free subscription) | 27/09/2008
There are 30 chief executives of public companies on the latest Forbes 400 list, and most of them are losing hundreds--even thousands--of dollars a second.
Leucadia National
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Crimson Wine Group acquires Central Coast’s Domaine Alfred winery
The San Francisco Business Times (Free subscription) | 26/08/2008
Crimson Wine Group, a new unit of New York investment group Leucadia National Corp., hopes to complete the acquisition of Domaine Alfred Winery, an Edna Valley producer that specializes in high-end pinot noir and chardonnay, by Thursday, Aug. 28, officials said Monday. (LUK)
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Chris Davis Buys Covidien Ltd., Brookfield Asset Management Inc. Ltd., Staples Inc., Sells CVS Caremark Corp., American Standard Companies Inc., SK Telecom Co. Ltd.
GuruFocus Updates (Free subscription) | 13/08/2008
Like many other value investors, Chris Davis's funds have been not doing very well. But it seems that he is determined, and he is buying a lot of new stocks. These are his buys and sells during the second quarter. Chris Davis owns 336 stocks with a total value of $81.8 billion.
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Listed Private Equity
Moomin Valley (Free subscription) | 11/08/2008
I'm researching potential listed private equity investments. Currently I have a little under 7% of net worth allocated to private equity. My main investments are: Leucadia National (LUK) Though people don't think of Leucadia as a private equity firm - it's usually mistakenly called an "insurance company" or a conglomerate - their model is to invest in or takeover struggling companies, turn them
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Leucadia National Corporation Announces Six Month 2008 Results
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Leucadia National Corporation (LUK – NYSE) today announced its operating results for the six month period ended June 30, 2008.
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Leucadia National: 5 Guidelines for a Well Run Holding Company
Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | 04/08/2008
Tim Plaehn submits: When I find a company of interest and then find very little readily available information about the company, my interest is definitely increased. Leucadia National (LUK) definitely fits the bill. LUK is a diversified holding company that is the result of the vision of two men, Chairman Ian Cumming and President Joseph Steinberg. They took control of the company that is now Leucadia...
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Start Scaling into Leucadia on Dips
Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
George Spritzer submits: Today is shaping up to be a down market, and it may be a good day to start scaling into Leucadia National Corp . (LUK). Leucadia is an eclectic investment company that is somewhat similar to Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), which I posted on a few weeks ago. LUK was founded in 1854. It engages in manufacturing, telecommunications, property management and services, gaming entertainment,...
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Fitch Revises Leucadia's Outlook to Positive; Affirms IDR at 'BB+'
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 16/06/2008
CHICAGO & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitch has affirmed the following ratings of Leucadia National Corp. (Leucadia; NYSE: LUK): --Issuer Default Rating (IDR) 'BB+';
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More on Capital Southwest versus Sherwood
Controlled Greed (Free subscription) | 06/06/2008
In my post Tuesday about buying stock in Capital Southwest (CSWC/NASDAQ), I mentioned Ned Sherwood's activist role as a shareholder. The Dallas Morning News is running a story about this fight, which doesn't tell us anything we didn't already know....
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Leucadia boosts Jefferies stake to 30 percent
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 02/06/2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Leucadia National Corp , a holding company engaged in an eclectic mix of businesses, disclosed on Monday it had boosted its equity stake in U.S. investment bank Jefferies Group Inc to 30 percent.
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Great Value Investing Stories
Contrarian Value Investing (Free subscription) | 29/05/2008
Usually I wait till Friday or Saturday morning to post the week’s top value investing news, but this week I could not resist. First on the plate is Ken Heebner’s CNN Money interview. For those not familiar with Ken Heebner, he has one of the hottest (if not the hottest) hand in investing right now. [...]
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Visible World, a targeted cable advertiser, raises $25M
VentureBeat (Free subscription) | 28/05/2008
Targeted advertising, based on geographic location, age, gender and other factors, is a pretty common concept by now. wants to bring it to cable television, with an added twist — editing of specific commercial spots to appeal more to individuals.Say a large company like Toyota doesn't want to exclude certain groups from an advertisement, but does want to make it appeal more to each individual. Visible...
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Searching for the Next Buffett
Controlled Greed (Free subscription) | 28/05/2008
I wasn't expecting much of this article when I came across it. But Ian McGugan's "The Next Buffetts" in MoneySense magazine is good stuff. Put simply, he describes four investors in North America he feels display some of the same...
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Leucadia National - Notes of the Annual Shareholder Meeting
GuruFocus Updates (Free subscription) | 14/05/2008
Leucadia National (LUK) - Notes of the Annual Shareholder Meeting
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Leucadia's Unnatural Gas
Fool.com (Free subscription) | 12/05/2008
This clean energy comes from an unlikely source.
