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William H. Miller: Famed Stock Picker Did Great Until Picking AIG, Wachovia, Bear Stearns, Freddie Mac

Wall Street Journal | TOM LAURICELLA | Posted 01.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Aig, Legg Mason Value Trust, Bear Sterns, Freddie Mac, Stocks, Legg Mason, William H. Miller, Financial Crisis, Bear Stearns, Wachovia, Business News

William H. Miller spent nearly two decades building his reputation as the era's greatest mutual-fund manager. Then, over the past year, he destroyed i...

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Short-Selling Ban List Expands To Include GM, GE, Others

MarketWatch, Detroit News | Dave Burdick | Posted 10.23.2008 | Business

Read More: American Express, Debt, Credit Cards, Sec, Ge, Capital One, Gm, Finance, Legg Mason, Economy, Banks, Federal Reserve, Personal Finance, Business News

The SEC has added more companies to the list of 799 companies that cannot be short-sold temporarily. Included are the following firms, according to Ma...

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Taking Bets On Freddie Mac, Largest Stakeholder Buys More

Fortune.com | Colin Barr | Posted 09.12.2008 | Business

Read More: Freddie Mac, Legg Mason, Bill Miller, Freddie Mac Holdings, Mortgage Crisis, Business News

Bill Miller is wagering Freddie Mac (FRE) will muddle through the mortgage crisis. Miller's Legg Mason Capital Management this summer boosted its stak...

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Yahoo Gains Support Of Major Shareholder In Proxy Fight

BusinessWeek | Rob Hof | Posted 07.29.2008 | Business

Read More: Steve Ballmer, Bill Miller, Microsoft, Yahoo, Yahoo Buyout, Carl Icahn, Legg Mason, Legg Mason Capital Management, Jerry Yang, Yahoo Shareholders, Business News

With its annual meeting looming in just two weeks, Yahoo is ratcheting up its defense against Carl Icahn's proxy fight with an energy critics wish the...

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Woman Stabbed, Baby Cut From Her Womb

AP | Posted 07.09.2008 | Home

Read More: Woman Stabbed, Woman Stabbed Baby Stolen, Woman's Baby Cut From Womb, Woman Fetus Cut From Womb, Infant Stolen From Womb, Legg Mason, Sisouvanh Synhavong, Synhavong, Kennewick, Phiengchai Sisouvanh Synhavong, Araceli Camacho Gomez, Home News

KENNEWICK, Wash. — Police said a pregnant woman was killed after being stabbed multiple times in the chest and her nearly full-term baby was cut...

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Financial Superstar Hits A Rough Patch

New York Times | Geraldine Fabrikant | Posted 05.19.2008 | Business

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FOR 15 years through 2005, Bill Miller, one of the country's most closely watched and widely worshiped stockpickers, made investments that handily be...

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Microsoft Urged To Raise Bid By No. 2 Shareholder

Reuters | Muralikumar Anantharaman, Daisuke Wakabayashi | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Microsoft, Microsoft Yahoo, Yahoo, Microsoft Yahoo Bid, Steve Ballmer, Jerry Yang, Bill Miller, Legg Mason, David Filo, Business News

Yahoo Inc's (YHOO.O) second-biggest shareholder urged Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) to raise its $42 billion bid for the Web pioneer and warned Yahoo it has...

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Yahoo's No. 2: No. 2 Shareholder: Microsoft To Raise Bid, Yahoo To Take It

Silicon Alley Insider | Henry Blodget | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Yahoo, Bill Miller, Microsoft, Yahoo, Jerry Yang, Legg Mason, Business News

Legg Mason owns 80 million shares of Yahoo and is the company's second-largest shareholder. Portfolio manager Bill Miller has met with Microsoft's Ste...

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Legg Mason Names New CEO

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Raymond Mason, Mark R. Fetting, Mark Fetting, Raymond A. Mason, Legg Mason, Chip Mason, Business News

Legg Mason Inc. on Monday named Mark R. Fetting president and chief executive officer of the global asset management firm. Co-founder, chairman and fo...

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