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  • How Benjamin Graham Revolutionized Shareholder Activism

    Today, Benjamin Graham is known primarily as Warren Buffett’s investing mentor and the author of multiple classics about value investing. Toward the end of his life, in the 1973 edition of “The Intelligent Investor,” Graham wrote, “Ever since 1934 we have argued in our writings for a more intelligent and energetic attitude by stockholders toward their managements”.

  • Klarman's Baupost Sells News Corp., Adds to BP, AIG Stake

    Baupost Group LLC, the Boston-based hedge-fund firm run by Seth Klarman, sold shares of News Corp. in the first quarter while adding to positions in BP Plc and American International Group Inc.

  • Berkshire Sells Debt to Buyers Buffett Pities: Corporate Finance

    Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s $1 billion note sale shows that while Chief Executive Officer Warren Buffett may pity investors who’ve stuck with bonds as yields fall to record lows, he’ll sell them as much debt as they want.

  • Four Stocks Value Guru Ben Graham Might Pick: John Dorfman

    Benjamin Graham , the patron saint of value investing, died 34 years ago. His classic books -- “Security Analysis” (1934) and “The Intelligent Investor” (1949) -- are still read by scores of value managers who keep his name and stock-picking methods alive.

  • Walter Schloss, ‘Superinvestor’ Who Earned Praise From Buffett, Dies at 95

    Walter Schloss, the money manager who earned accolades from Warren Buffett for the steady returns he achieved by applying lessons learned directly from the father of value investing, Benjamin Graham, has died. He was 95.

  • What Was the Very First Hedge Fund? Ask Warren Buffett

    The legendary economist and investor Benjamin Graham is widely known as the father of value investing. He may also be the father of the hedge-fund industry.

  • Scientology Donor Becomes a Billionaire With Cancer Drug

    Robert W. Duggan, the Church of Scientology’s biggest donor and the chief executive officer of Pharmacyclics Inc., which makes an experimental treatment for chronic lymphocytic leukemia, has become a billionaire after the company’s shares tripled in a year.

  • Canyon Parlays Harvard-Drexel Roots Into Problematic Dealmaking

    The head winds grew so intense during the 508-mile race through California’s Mojave Desert and Death Valley that Joshua Friedman told his teammates he thought he would be blown off his bike. Instead of tumbling down, the hedge-fund manager powered through his 86-mile leg of the Furnace Creek 508, showing little fatigue after he dismounted his bike.

  • Cutting Buffett Helps Sequoia Fund Top Rankings

    Sequoia Fund Inc., recommended by Warren Buffett when it opened, beat the U.S. stock market over the past four decades, in part because a large piece of the fund was invested in his company, Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

  • Soros, Och-Ziff Cut AIG Holdings as Baupost Takes Stake

    Billionaire George Soros and Och- Ziff Capital Management Group LLC scaled back investments in American International Group Inc. and Baupost Group LLC took a stake as the U.S. bailout of the insurer wound down.

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