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Madoff investor type possible losses
Fairfield Greenwich Group
alternatives firm
$7.5 billion
firm statement
Banco Santander
bank
$3.5 billion
El Pais
Kingate Management
alternatives firm
$2.8 billion
Bloomerg News
Ascot Partners
hedge fund
$1.8 billion
Wall Street Journal
Benbassat & Cie
bank
$935 million
Le Temps
Union Bancaire Privee
bank
$846 million
Le Temps
Fix Asset Management
alternatives firm
$400 million
firm statement
Pioneer Alternative Investments
alternatives firm
$280 million
Bloomberg
Maxam Capital Management
fund of hedge funds
$280 million
WSJ
EIM Group
bank
$230 million
Le Temps
Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family Foundation
charity
$145 million
Boston Globe
Royal [...]

PARIS (Dow Jones)–The European banking sector continues to be reshuffled at
breakneck speed, as several household institutions either fall into the hands of
more powerful rivals or are being nationalized by their governments.
While the dust hasn’t settled yet, a handful of banks seem to be benefiting from
the current turmoil and are emerging as winners: HSBC Holdings PLC [...]

BOSTON (MarketWatch) — James Sinegal, equity analyst covering financials at
Morningstar, says that investors who want to “buy what’s cheap and buy what’s
solid” will find that there are a lot of potential buys among financial stocks.
But he said it may take an iron stomach to ride out the volatility that is
inevitable given the sector’s current problems.
“If [...]

HOT STOCKS TO WATCH: Circuit City, 3Com, ImClone
Last Update: 9/23/2008 7:41:08 AM
By Dow Jones
Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Tuesday’s
session are Circuit City Stores Inc. (CC), 3Com Corp. (COMS) and ImClone Systems
Inc. (IMCL).
3Com jumped 11% in late trading as the networking-equipment maker swung to a
fiscal [...]

PARIS (Dow Jones)–Europe’s insurers remain in the hunt for small to midsize
acquisitions, with the action likely to center on promising emerging markets in
the East and South, while larger, balance-sheet-straining deals in mature markets
will likely have to wait as companies tread cautiously in the face of the global
credit crisis.
Insurance heavyweights such as Axa SA (AXA), Assicurazioni [...]

FOCUS: Santander Boss Shrugs Off Spain Woes
Last Update: 4/28/2008 12:53:04 PM
By Christopher Bjork
Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
MADRID (Dow Jones)–By diversifying in growth markets and keeping away from
exotic investments, Banco Santander SA (STD) Chairman Emilio Botin wants to set
his bank up for a strong year as chief rivals have fallen [...]