US SEC has hedge fund unit to fight insider trades

(Reuters) - The SEC recently adopted a rule that allows it to go after
hedge fund advisers who make false or misleading statements.




The $1.5 trillion hedge fund industry is being heavily
scrutinized after the high-profile collapse of Amaranth
Advisors LLC and well-publicized problems at two
Bear Stearns Cos hedge funds.


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Hilton Hotels earnings rise on higher rates

(Reuters) - Excluding one-time items, including a gain from the sale of
the Scandic hotel chain, the company said it posted
second-quarter earnings of 38 cents per share.




On July 3, Hilton agreed to be acquired by Blackstone for
$47.50 a share in cash, or about $20 billion, in what would be
the largest private equity buyout of a hotel company.



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Icahn raises Temple-Inland stake to 8.3 percent

(Reuters) - Temple-Inland's recent proxy statement showed that Icahn
held a 6.7 percent stake with more than 7.2 million shares as
of March 27.




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Fertilizer maker Mosaic posts quarterly profit

(Reuters) - With prices of major crops hovering at historically high
levels, demand for fertilizers to help boost yields has grown
and last week, Mosaic's rival Potash Corp.
posted a 63-percent jump in profits.




In March, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said that U.S.
farmers this year were going to plant 90.5 million acres of
corn, the largest domestic corn acreage in 63 years.



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UPDATE 1-Oxford Industries quarterly net profit falls

(Reuters) - The company said first quarter sales and earnings per share
would be at or slightly below expectations due to deferral of
shipments to the second quarter.




However, the company said it was still comfortable with its
full year sales and earnings forecast.


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Venezuelan Bolivar Falls to Lowest in Five Months on Bond-Sale Speculation

(Bloomberg) -- Venezuela's currency fell to the
lowest in almost five months in unregulated trading on
speculation a government dollar-denominated bond sale to local
banks won't be large enough to meet demand for foreign currency.

Venezuela and Argentina plan to sell a dollar bond together
by the end of August, said Ricardo Sanguino, president of the
Venezuelan congressional finance commission, after markets closed
July 27, without revealing how much they would sell. Venezuela's
Finance Minister Rodrigo Cabezas said in May the countries
planned to sell up to $1 billion of dollar and bolivar bonds to
Venezuelan investors by the end of the year.


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UPDATE 1-Community Health 2nd-qtr profit up pct

(Reuters) - Second-quarter profit increased to $53.8 million, or 57
cents per share, from $52.4 million, or 54 cents per share, a
year earlier.




The latest result matched the average analyst estimate of
57 cents per share, according to Reuters Estimates.


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