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Article: Ken Griffin’s many many mansions: Billionaire’s latest is a $99M Palm Beach estate

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Ken Griffin’s many many mansions: Billionaire’s latest is a $99M Palm Beach estate

Katherine Kallergis

TheRealDeal, 9 September 2019

Collage of Ken Griffin’s properties and Ken Griffin

Just when it looked like billionaire hedge funder Ken Griffin was taking a breather from assembling pricey property in Palm Beach — and the world — he has paid $99.1 million for an oceanfront estate.

The seller was billionaire real estate investor Frank McCourt, who unloaded the 18,452-square-foot mansion at 60 Blossom Way. Griffin acquired the estate through Providencia Partners LLC, property records show. McCourt, the former Los Angeles Dodgers owner, turned a 30 percent profit on the property, which he bought two years ago.

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Comments: This marks the second most expensive residential sale in history for the exclusive island. Griffin has now spent at least $350 million on land in Palm Beach alone.

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Article: Court Dismisses Some FX Rigging Claims Against Credit Suisse

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Court Dismisses Some FX Rigging Claims Against Credit Suisse

Aziz Abdel-Qader, 04 September 2019

A New York judge overseeing litigation accusing 16 banks of rigging prices in the foreign exchange market on Wednesday narrowed, but refused to dismiss antitrust lawsuits against Credit Suisse Group AG.

A group of investors has sued the global banks back in May for allegedly rigging prices for their own benefit by sharing confidential orders and trading positions. Continue reading “Article: Court Dismisses Some FX Rigging Claims Against Credit Suisse”

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Article: Another ex-JPMorgan precious metals trader pleads guilty to ‘spoofing,’ is cooperating with Feds

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Another ex-JP Morgan precious metals trader pleads guilty to ‘spoofing,’ is cooperating with Feds

Dawn Giel

CNBC, 26 August 2019

Key Points
  • A former J.P. Morgan precious metals traders pleaded guilty Tuesday to criminal charges of manipulating the precious metals markets for nine years.
  • Christian Trunz, 34, of London is cooperating with an ongoing federal criminal investigation.
  • The Justice Department is conducting multiple criminal investigations into big banks with the cooperation of traders who have pleaded guilty to spoofing-related crimes.
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Article: Overstock’s Patrick Byrne: the rise and fall of a blockchain pioneer

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Overstock’s Patrick Byrne: the rise and fall of a blockchain pioneer

Scott Thompson, 25 August 2019

Patrick Byrne this week resigned as CEO of US online retailer Overstock. The move closely followed the announcement of disappointing Q2 2019 financial results.

In a letter, he said it was impossible to continue due to distraction and fallout related to his involvement in a Federal Bureau of Investigation Russian espionage probe. Continue reading “Article: Overstock’s Patrick Byrne: the rise and fall of a blockchain pioneer”

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Article: Remarkable Admission from Overstock.com CEO

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Remarkable Admission from Overstock.com CEO

Kathleen Mary Willis, 23 August 2019

Overstock.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:OSTK) CEO Patrick M. Byrne has released the following statement:

“Sara Carter has published two articles relating the following claims of mine:

Starting in 2015 I (operating under the belief that I was helping legitimate law-enforcement efforts) assisted in what are now known as the ‘Clinton Investigation’ and the ‘Russian Investigation’ (in fact, I am the notorious ‘missing Chapter 1’ of the Russian investigation). It was the third time in my life I helped the Men in Black: the first was when my friend Brian Williams was murdered, and the second was when I helped the M.I.B. shake up Wall Street a decade ago. Unfortunately, this third time turned out to be less about law enforcement and more about political espionage conducted against Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump (and to a lesser degree, Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz). Continue reading “Article: Remarkable Admission from Overstock.com CEO”

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Article: Patrick Byrne Goes on Fox News Making Serious Allegations Against Former Obama Administration Officials

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Patrick Byrne Goes on Fox News Making Serious Allegations Against Former Obama Administration Officials

JD Alois, 22 August 2019

Former Overstock (NASDAQ:OSTK) CEO Patrick Byrne was visiting with the studios of Fox News today following his abrupt resignation earlier today from the company he founded.

Byrne is widely recognized as a pioneer in the blockchain sector having launched several companies, including tZero, targeting the issuance of digital assets/security tokens.

Byrne, interviewed on The Story with Martha MacCallum, went on the air making serious allegations against former Obama Administration officials. The entire proceedings were shocking.

Byrne explained that he has been troubled by the chain of events and he recently spoke to long-time family friend Warren Buffett for advice – who told him to come forward. Continue reading “Article: Patrick Byrne Goes on Fox News Making Serious Allegations Against Former Obama Administration Officials”

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Article: Another ex-JP Morgan precious metals trader pleads guilty to ‘spoofing,’ is cooperating with Feds

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Another ex-JP Morgan precious metals trader pleads guilty to ‘spoofing,’ is cooperating with Feds

Dawn Giel

CNBC, 20 August 2019

Another former J.P. Morgan precious metals trader pleaded guilty Tuesday to criminal charges of manipulating the precious metals markets for nine years, marking the latest conviction in the Justice Department’s crackdown in the commodities markets.

Christian Trunz, 34, of London is cooperating with an ongoing federal criminal investigation, the Justice Department said. He pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy and one count of spoofing in the U.S. District Court in Brooklyn.

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Article: A Short-Seller Goes Too Far to Beat the ‘Bullies’

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A Short-Seller Goes Too Far to Beat the ‘Bullies’

Joe Nocera

Bloomberg, 19 August 2019

The first line in Marc Cohodes’s Twitter ID reads: “No Greater Motivator Than Disrespect.”

It’s a sentiment you often hear from athletes, but rarely from an investment professional like Cohodes. And with good reason. Although being “disrespected” can be a powerful spur, it also creates blind spots that can lead one astray. You won’t find a better example of this than Cohodes’s efforts over the last year to destroy — yes, destroy — MiMedx Group Inc., a biomedical company that makes products that heal wounds and treat serious inflammation.

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Article: GE CEO Slams Whistleblower Report As ‘Market Manipulation’

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GE CEO Slams Whistleblower Report As ‘Market Manipulation’

Rachel Sandler,  15 August 2019

In response to a whistleblower report claiming to have uncovered massive accounting irregularities at General Electric, CEO Larry Culp said the author of the report, who previously raised concerns about Bernie Madoff’s ponzi scheme years before it was brought down, is engaging in “market manipulation” and stands to gain by tanking GE shares.

Harry Markopolos claims in the 175-page report that GE is falsifying financial statements to cover up massive losses related to its long-term-care insurance unit and the company’s oil and gas business, adding that GE is using many of the same accounting practices Enron did. Continue reading “Article: GE CEO Slams Whistleblower Report As ‘Market Manipulation’”

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Filing: Raser Technologies, Inc. v Morgan Stanley & Company, LLC

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Raser Technologies, Inc. v Morgan Stanley & Company, LLC

14 August 2019

Plaintiffs allege that Defendants “devised and perpetrated a
naked short selling stock manipulation scheme that targeted and
intentionally destroyed a Utah company, Raser Technologies.” The
merits of this theory are not before us. Instead, we are faced with the
threshold determination of whether a Utah court may assert specific
personal jurisdiction over some or all of Defendants

PDF (32 pages): Raser Technologies, Inc. v Morgan Stanley & Company, LLC

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Article: Avoid Namaste (TSXV:N) Stock at All Costs

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Avoid Namaste (TSXV:N) Stock at All Costs

Adam Othman, 13 August 13 2019

Namaste Technologies (TSXV:N) seemed like the company to promise an online cannabis platform that could cater to the needs of the increasingly massive cannabis industry. The reality of the situation is far away from the potential the company had.

The cannabis-centred e-commerce technology company fired its CEO, Sean Dollinger, earlier this year, following Citron Research’s report that put a sizable dent in the share price of Namaste. The company was accused of making fake claims of a Nasdaq listing in order to get investors to buy stock. The company’s board sprang into action to form a special committee to investigate the claims.
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Article: Form 6-K Inmode Ltd.

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Form 6-K Inmode Ltd.

TOPPAN MERRILL, 12 August 2019

On August 12, 2019, InMode Ltd., an Israeli company (the “Company”) closed its previously announced initial public offering (the “IPO”) in which the Company offered 5,000,000 ordinary shares. The aggregate gross proceeds, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering expenses, to InMode from the offering were approximately $70.0 million. In connection with the sale of the ordinary shares on August 12, 2019, on August 7, 2019, the Company entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) by and among the Company, Barclays Capital Inc. and UBS Securities LLC, acting as representative of the several underwriters named on Schedule I thereto (the “Underwriters”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell the ordinary shares to the Underwriters. A copy of the executed Underwriting Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 1.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

On August 12, 2019, the Company issued a press release announcing the closing of the IPO. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

On July 29, 2019, the Company filed the form Amended and Restated Articles of Association. On August 7, 2019, they became effective. A copy of the Amended and Restated Articles of Association is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and is incorporated by reference.

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Article: Burford Capital adamant last week’s share price plunge was down to ‘illegal market manipulation’

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Burford Capital adamant last week’s share price plunge was down to ‘illegal market manipulation’

Tom Howard, 12 August 2019

On 6 August alone, Burford reckons almost £90mln of sell orders were placed and cancelled, artificially driving down the value of its shares. Burford Capital Limited (LON:BUR) is adamant that last week’s share price plunge owed more to “illegal market manipulation” than any flaws in its business.

Last week, shares in the litigation funder plunged by more than a third after notorious US short-seller Muddy Waters accused it of “Enron-esque mark-to-model accounting” and “egregiously misrepresenting” its returns. Continue reading “Article: Burford Capital adamant last week’s share price plunge was down to ‘illegal market manipulation’”

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Article: China accuses US of ‘deliberately destroying’ world order

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China accuses US of ‘deliberately destroying’ world order

Dominic Rushe , Lily Kuo, 06 August 2019

China stepped up the trade war rhetoric on Tuesday, accusing the US of “deliberately destroying international order” with “unilateralism and protectionism”.

A day after Washington branded China a currency manipulator in a rapidly escalating trade dispute, China’s central bank said it “deeply regretted” the move by the US and said such behaviour “seriously undermined international rules” and damaged the global economy. Continue reading “Article: China accuses US of ‘deliberately destroying’ world order”

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Article: Peter Navarro: Goldman Sachs is the ‘commander-in-chief’ of offshoring

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Peter Navarro: Goldman Sachs is the ‘commander-in-chief’ of offshoring

Nick Giampia, 06 August 2019

White House trade adviser Peter Navarro on Monday slammed Goldman Sachs, after they claimed President Trump’s China tariffs last year raised the prices of goods and hurt American businesses.

“Goldman Sachs, they are the commander-in-chief on Wall Street of offshoring,” Navarro told FOX Business’ Lou Dobbs on “Lou Dobbs Tonight.”

Last Sunday, Navarro spoke with Fox News host Christopher Wallace about the U.S.-China trade dispute.

Wallace pulled up a chart from Goldman Sachs, which showed President Trump’s tariffs raised the price of goods more than the rate of inflation. In addition, the anchor also talked about a report the bank released in May that said the cost of Trump’s tariffs last year have fallen “entirely” on American businesses and households.

“China is bearing the entire burden of these tariffs through currency manipulation and through slashing prices and if you look at inflation rates from 2018 to 2019 they’re down, including on our imports,” Navarro told Dobbs.

The Treasury Department declared China as a currency manipulator, after the Chinese let the yuan fall below 7 to the U.S. dollar.

Navarro continued to push back against Goldman, questioning whether the tariffs really had the effect the chart was suggesting.

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