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Time for America to cash out of GM? - Fortune (blog)
"We're tired of the Government Motors jokes and we're tired of the Obama Motors jokes," says one GM (GM) executive, speaking on the condition of anonymity. "Of course we wish the US would sell," this person adds. The company has been weary of saying ...
No, Facebook shouldn't have waited - Fortune (blog)
"People are wondering if [Facebook] couldn't have waited until after the IPO [to purchase Instagram]," said one source, who declined to be identified. No wonder the source doesn't want to be identified: It's a ridiculous suggestion.
Meet China's biggest dealmaker in Hollywood - Fortune (blog)
... in talks with John Woo (Mission Impossible II, The Killer and Face/Off) and his partner Terrance Chang over possible co-production deals and trying to "acquire stakes in major Hollywood studio brands," according to sources briefed on the matter.
A secretive hedge fund legend prepares to surface - Fortune (blog)
Over the past twelve months, several prominent traders have jumped ship to start their own hedge funds, and employees fear layoffs and additional departures in the coming months, say people familiar with the matter. In 2010, the Commodity Futures ...
Qatar's Western grip - Fortune (blog)
A large chunk of the money needed to build these projects will come from LNG sales, but the Qataris still plan on directing most of those profits toward non-energy related investments in the West, a person close to the QIF said. ...
Inside the New York Mets' financial ledger - Fortune (blog)
But a potential investor who spoke to Fortune on condition of anonymity points out that the team's liabilities are closer to $625 million, from a buyer's perspective. Bret Saberhagen left the Mets in 1995, but he'll be paid until 2029. ...
Meg Whitman to join Kleiner Perkins - Fortune (blog)
Meg Whitman, who is in Hawaii until Wednesday with her neurosurgeon husband Griff Harsh, declined to comment, but sources close to her and to the venerable Silicon Valley venture capital firm say that Kleiner will bring Whitman in ...
The sloppy trail of an alleged insider trader - Fortune (blog)
... investment bankers, hedge-fund and mutual-fund traders, and analysts across the nation, according to people familiar with the matter. ...
Mum's the word on Egypt uprising - Fortune (blog)
... investment into Egypt as the country becomes more short-term populist," said an Egyptian businessman who only would speak on the condition of anonymity. ...
What's next at Yahoo? Layoffs - Fortune (blog)
A source close to Yahoo told me today that neither AOL nor private equity buyers have contacted the company to discuss a potential deal. ...
Mark Papermaster should be happier at Cisco than he was at Apple - Fortune (blog)
But according to sources who spoke off the record to the Wall Street Journal, Papermaster never really found his footing in Apple's high-wire corporate ...
Balance your life: Beyond the five-ball juggle - Fortune (blog)
He's an anonymous source of my boss, Fortune Managing Editor Andy Serwer. Deep Blue emails me too. A faithful reader of Postcards as well as Fortune, ...
Apple, the iPad and the 99¢ TV show - Fortune (blog)
Citing "people familiar with the matter" 12 times in 14 paragraphs (are you there, Rupert?), the Journal reports that Apple is scrambling to strike deals ...
Who wins when Google leaves China? Microsoft and Baidu might not like the answer - Fortune (blog)
And however noble Google's 'no censorship' stand may be, one of its large institutional investors (who did not want to be identified publicly) no doubt ...