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Pfizer Courts AstraZeneca (Again) With $100 Billion Offer
Monday, April 28, 2014 - 10:39am | 628The “on-again-off-again” courtship of British pharma AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN) by U.S. drugmaker, Pfizer (NYSE: PFE), was on again, according to a statement from Pfizer. The renewed offer of almost $100 billion may, according to analysts, go over that amount. AstraZeneca rebuffed Pfizer’s $98.9...
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Former Polar Capital Trader Raises $200 Million For New Fund
Monday, June 7, 2010 - 10:42am | 119Former Polar Capital trader Julian Barnett has raised nearly $200 million for his new hedge fund Ridley Park Capital. The fund was launched at the beginning of May, and has been one of the most anticipated start-ups within the London hedge fund community. According to sources, Barnett, 33, was...