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Ponzi Schemes and Social Security Capitol Hill Blue - VA,USA The latest scandal on Wall Street involves an investment pyramid scheme that evidently has bilked investors out of billions of dollars. ... See all stories on this topic

Steelcase Posts 99% Drop in Profit Wall Street Journal - USA Results for the latest quarter included a $27.5 million insurance-related charge and $4.7 million in restructuring charges, while the prior year included a ... See all stories on this topic

Elevation Bets Another $100 Million on Palm New York Times Blogs - New York,NY,USA The terms of Elevation’s latest investment call for Elevation to pay $100 million for a new class of preferred stock that carries no dividend and converts ... See all stories on this topic

TAKE A LOOK-Analysis on commodities, energy in credit crunch Reuters - USA ... US mandate [ID:nN01516104] > After the fall, institutional investors wary of oil [ID:nLQ713582] > Low carbon price may stunt investment in wind, ... See all stories on this topic

Palm Gets Needed $100M Infusion InternetNews.com - USA Following its latest investment, Elevation Partners becomes Palm's largest shareholder, owning about 41 percent of the company, according to Lyn Fox, ... See all stories on this topic

Madoff Scheme May Halve Chilean Bank Celfin’s Profit Bloomberg - USA The Chilean brokerages are the latest to face losses as what’s being called the largest investmentfraud in history spreads to Latin America. ... See all stories on this topic

PBGC Hires Trio To Help Manage Private Equity, Real Estate Portfolio CNNMoney.com - USA The US Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. tapped three investment firms to help manage $2.5 billion in real-estate and private-equity assets, segments the ... See all stories on this topic

Chip Startup Solarflare Raises $44M Venture Round Orange County Business Journal - Irvine,CA,USA "The latest investment allows us to support the ship dates of our customers.” Solarflare makes chips that allow faster networks to link with slower ones, ... See all stories on this topic

Toyota predicts first reported operating loss Detroit Free Press - United States "The problem is next year," he said, while adding that the latest revisions were within expectations. "It's unmistakable that things are extremely tough for ... See all stories on this topic

More US investors sue funds over Madoff guardian.co.uk - UK UL], the latest firms to face lawsuits for entrusting money to investment manager Bernard Madoff, accused of orchestrating a $50 billion fraud. ... See all stories on this topic

US Stock-Index Futures Fluctuate Ahead of Housing Reports Bloomberg - USA General Motors Corp. lost 7.4 percent as Standard & Poor’s cut its debt rating further belowinvestment status, while Ford Motor Co. slid 4.6 percent as ... See all stories on this topic

Strategic Storage Trust, Inc. Closes on Purchase of 500-Unit ... MSNBC - USA "It's an investment with good cash flows and great opportunity for us to add value through customer service and operational savvy coupled with the latest ... See all stories on this topic