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• The 10 Stocks That Hedge Funds Love Most Wednesday, 22 May 2013 | 2:40 PM ET

  

  Goldman Sachs revealed the stocks most popular with the nearly $2 trillion hedge fund industry. The so-called VIP list has outperformed the S&P 500 this year and features names that are most often in hedge funds' top 10 holdings.

• Top 50 Hedge Funds Ditch News Corp. for Boeing Wednesday, 22 May 2013 | 5:00 AM ET

  

  The world's largest hedge funds have bolstered their equity holding so far this year, adding more to Boeing than any other stock, according to research firm FactSet.

• Opportunities in Market 'Dislocations': Pro  Wednesday, 22 May 2013 | 2:30 AM ET

  

  Simon Waxley, senior portfolio management at Whitebox Advisors, tells CNBC that Europe is in a dislocation at the moment and they are trying to exploit moves around this.

• UPDATE 1-Is Sony un-Japanese enough to entertain change? Tuesday, 21 May 2013 | 7:02 PM ET

  Struggling electronics giant Sony Corp, though, with more foreign and fewer bank shareholders, may prove something of an exception. That's the hope, at least, of Californian billionaire Daniel Loeb, whose Third Point hedge fund has built up a more than 6 percent stake in Sony, making it the group's biggest stockholder.

• Is Sony un-Japanese enough to entertain change? Tuesday, 21 May 2013 | 4:56 PM ET

  Struggling electronics giant Sony Corp, though, with more foreign and fewer bank shareholders, may prove something of an exception. That's the hope, at least, of Californian billionaire Daniel Loeb, whose Third Point hedge fund has built up a more than 6 percent stake in Sony, making it the group's biggest stockholder.

• BlackRock Buys MGPA, Creating $25 Billion Fund Tuesday, 21 May 2013 | 8:26 AM ET

  

  BlackRock has bought private-equity real estate fund MGPA in a deal that boosts its presence in Asia and continental Europe.

• Shortselling: 'a Nightmare Right Now': Pro  Tuesday, 21 May 2013 | 4:30 AM ET

  

  Will Duff Gordon, research director at Markit, tells CNBC that the rising tide and record bull market mean that being a short seller is 'a nightmare right now'.

• US prosecutors' subpoena of SAC's Cohen puzzles defense lawyers Monday, 20 May 2013 | 6:03 PM ET

  NEW YORK, May 20- The decision by U.S. prosecutors to compel Steven A. Cohen to testify before a federal grand jury about allegations of insider trading at his $15 billion hedge fund is leaving many criminal defense lawyers scratching their heads.

• Cohen Receives Subpoena to Testify  Monday, 20 May 2013 | 3:45 PM ET

  

  SAC Capital is under investigation for insider trading, and its founder Steve Cohen has received a subpoena to testify about his company before a grand jury, reports CNBC's Kate Kelly.

• Movers roundup: WPX Energy, Peregrine Monday, 20 May 2013 | 2:39 PM ET

  Among the stock activity stories for Monday, May 20, from AP Business News:. _ Shares of WPX Energy Inc. soared to an all-time high as a hedge fund disclosed a minority stake in the oil and gas company.

• Dimon & Cohen Facing Heat  Monday, 20 May 2013 | 1:16 PM ET

  

  SAC Capital's Steve Cohen is reportedly being subpoenaed to testify before a grand jury, and JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon is facing a crucial vote on his Chairman and CEO roles, with CNBC's Kate Kelly and Kayla Tausche.

• SAC Capital Settlement Talks Fall Apart: Source Monday, 20 May 2013 | 12:52 PM ET

  

  Settlement talks between Steve Cohen's hedge fund SAC Capital and the government have broken down, according to sources.

• SAC's Cohen Gets Subpoena to Testify: NY Times  Monday, 20 May 2013 | 10:05 AM ET

  

  CNBC's Kate Kelly has the latest details on alleged insider trading at the hedge fund.

• Hedge Fund Owner Cohen Gets Subpoena to Testify Monday, 20 May 2013 | 5:37 AM ET

  

  Steven A. Cohen has received a subpoena to testify before a grand jury in the government's insider trading investigation into his hedge fund, the NYT reports.

• 'Dirty Dozen': Singling Out 12 Worst Mutual Funds Saturday, 18 May 2013 | 12:35 AM ET

  

  High fees plus poor performance: The formula is pretty easy to determine what makes a bad mutual fund. Some, though, are worse than others.

• UPDATE 1-Hedge funds selling gold after propping market a month ago Friday, 17 May 2013 | 6:53 PM ET

  *Money managers pull $1.4 bln from COMEX gold in May 14 week. Money managers, including hedge funds, pulled $1.4 billion from the U.S. gold futures market for the week ended May 14 by trimming their net long positions in the metal, according to Reuters calculations of data released by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

• Hedge funds back to selling gold after propping market a month ago Friday, 17 May 2013 | 6:09 PM ET

  *Money managers pull $1.4 bln from COMEX gold in May 14 week. Money managers, including hedge funds, pulled $1.4 billion from the U.S. gold futures market for the week ended May 14 by trimming their net long positions in the metal, according to Reuters calculations of data released by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

• SAC Capital Won't Cooperate Unconditionally Friday, 17 May 2013 | 6:07 PM ET

  

  SAC said it may not be able to provider investors with frequent updates regarding the government insider-trading probe but there will be "more clarity" soon.

• UPDATE 2-SAC Capital won't fully cooperate with govt -letter Friday, 17 May 2013 | 5:33 PM ET

  NEW YORK, May 17- Steven A. Cohen's hedge fund SAC Capital Advisors told investors on Friday it would no longer cooperate "unconditionally" with the U.S. government's insider trading investigation. But SAC Capital added that going forward it may "need to keep details confidential."

• UPDATE 1-SAC Capital won't cooperate unconditionally with government -letter Friday, 17 May 2013 | 5:15 PM ET

  NEW YORK, May 17- Steven A. Cohen's hedge fund SAC Capital Advisors told investors on Friday it would no longer cooperate "unconditionally" with the U.S. government's insider trading investigation. But SAC Capital added that going forward it may "need to keep details confidential."