Jefferies Group News

NUEVA YORK & LONDRES-- --Jefferies ha anunciado el nombramiento de Thomas J. O Leary como Director general y director de ventas de capital internacionales.

Tags: Joseph Contorinis , Preet Bharara , Insider Trading , Hedge Fund , Wall Street , The prosecutorial team that's been vigorously pursuing Wall Street insider trading cases and recently rounded up 20 suspects in the Galleon hedge fund case - Preet Bharara, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Joseph M. Demarest, Jr., the ...

U.S. stocks jumped on Monday, pushing the Dow industrials to their highest level in more than a year, as the Group of 20 leaders pledged to keep aid flowing to their economies until a recovery was certain.

Jefferies today announced that options on the Jefferies TR/J CRB Global Commodity Equity Index Fund began trading last week on NYSE Amex under the symbol QVE.

In a week reminiscent of the late 1980s, when then-U.S Attorney Rudy Giuliani was leading a crusade against Wall Street fraud, another hedge fund manager has been indicted on insider trading charges.

Joseph Contorinis , a former money manager for the Jefferies Paragon Fund, was indicted by a federal grand jury on fraud charges in what prosecutors said was a $7.2 million dollar insider trading ring.

A surge in the productivity of American workers and renewed optimism about the economy sent stock prices sharply higher Thursday.

Ancestry.com Inc. today announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 7,407,407 shares of common stock at a price of $13.50 per share.

Jefferies & Co. expanded its global fund placement group, hiring Luke Belcastro and Margaret Marshall as managing directors in New York, and Joseph Nagae as a senior vice president in London.

U.S. stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Monday ahead of data expected to show the U.S. manufacturing sector grew in October alongside improved global manufacturing.

Investors suffering the worst returns on initial public offerings in at least 14 years are shunning companies laden with debt, forcing bankers to pull one sale and cut the price of others.

The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq fell overnight as investors booked profits following the stock market's recent run-up, while a weaker-than-expected reading in a measure of consumer confidence sparked caution about the spending recovery.

U.S. stock futures fell on Wednesday as markets absorbed another busy day of earnings, along with a full schedule of economic data, including durable-goods orders and new-home sales.

If and when the Federal Reserve begins to take monetary stimulus out of the economy, the stock market is likely to have a favorable reaction, says one analyst who points to performance in recent decades as example.

Property and casualty insurer ACE Limited posted a larger third-quarter profit Tuesday on stronger underwriting income and fewer payouts related to catastrophes.

U.S. stocks fell, erasing an early rally, on concern lawmakers will phase out a tax credit for homebuyers and Bank of America Corp.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Bank of New York Mellon has sold or restructured some $12.1bn in risky assets, and posted a $2.5bn third-quarter loss.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The following is being issued by Fannie Mae : 5-Year ------ Pricing Date October 23, 2009 ------------ ----------------- Settlement Date October 26, 2009 --------------- ----------------- Maturity Date November 20, 2014 ------------- ----------------- Issue Size $3.5 billion ---------- ----------------- ...

MGM Mirage Inc., /quotes/comstock/13*!mgm /quotes/nls/mgm the Las Vegas casino and hotels operator, expects to report a third-quarter pretax charge of $955 million before taxes for impairment of its investment in CityCenter, a project on the Las Vegas Strip that's scheduled to open late this year.

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