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Fast radio bursts were once thought to be alien broadcasts. New research suggests the mysterious signals come from dead stars.
Magnetars are the super dense remains of dead stars. Their explosions of X-rays and gamma rays some…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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A strange signal from deep space has been detected every 22 minutes for more than 30 years. Scientists have no idea what is causing it.
The signal is thought to come from a dying star emitting energy from its poles. But it's spinning t…
Marianne Guenot
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Wall Street analyst defends Nvidia from 'Twitter randos' spreading bearish conspiracy theory
"We can't believe we feel the need to write this note today. And yet, here we are," Bernstein analy…
Matthew Fox
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Astronomers discovered a 'spooky' spinning object in our galactic backyard, emitting some of the strongest radio beams in the sky
Radio telescopes are detecting more mysterious signals. They switch on and off and don't match any …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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A mysterious object 1 billion light-years away is sending out a 'heartbeat' radio signal from deep space
Astronomers detected a pulse of radio waves, called a fast radio burst, in a faraway galaxy. The si…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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5 times scientists thought they may have discovered aliens
UFOs aren't screaming "aliens" to scientists. Close calls in the hunt for extraterrestrials include…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Giant hedge fund Citadel is closing its Aptigon stock-picking unit
Felder also ran the global credit team, which did not manage its own fund but a sleeve inside of th…
Bradley Saacks
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Hedge fund giant Citadel is building out a new unit with big hires
The group is headed by Eric Felder, who was hired from Magnetar earlier this year. The team, which …
Rachael Levy
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Mysterious signals are probably coming from space every second and no one can explain why
The origins of FRBs continue to elude explanation. But there's one source unlike any other that may…
Nathaniel Lee,Jessica Orwig
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Legalist, a firm that funds third-party lawsuits, has hired an investment director from SoftBank as CFO as litigation finance
SoftBank, known for its big bets on tech companies, has had a rough year in 2019. SoftBank's Vision…
Alex Nicoll
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A Citadel portfolio manager left a new investment group less than a year on the job
Citadel's flagship Wellington fund gained 2.5% in April and about 7% year to date through April aft…
Rachael Levy,Olivia Oran
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'I think it benefits everybody': Hedge fund managers are cheering Trump
The fifth panellist was Alex Litowitz, founder of $13.5 billion Magnetar Capital. Following the fin…
Rachael Levy
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Astronomers are baffled by a newly discovered cosmic explosion that's the most powerful supernova ever seen
"To my surprise, I was not able to even tell for sure it was a supernova. My first reaction was: 'T…
Jessica Orwig
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A former portfolio manager at Steve Cohen's Point72 is setting out to launch a $50 million crypto hedge fund
Kling, a former portfolio manager at Steve Cohen's Point72 hedge fund, has left the firm to start a…
Frank Chaparro
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How One Hedge Fund Took Over A Small Ohio Town
As a refresher, here's how hedge fund Magnetar Capital LLC (reportedly) made money during the finan…
Steven Perlberg
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Ken Griffin's Citadel has sprouted a sprawling alumni network of hedge funds- showing the power of the $30 billion brand with day-one investors
The list of names includes people that made it to the highest ranks of Citadel as well as though wh…
Bradley Saacks,Shayanne Gal
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The hot trend in hedge fund land is going all in on one single investment idea
And that's the risk with these types of "hedge" funds: they're not hedging at all. The whole point …
Portia Crowe
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Astronomers have finally nailed the location of a strange and powerful signal deep in space - but they still don't know what it is
"We think it may be a magnetar - a newborn neutron star with a huge magnetic field, inside a supern…
Lindsay Dodgson
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10 Hedge Funds With Huge Stakes In Groupon
Again, this data is from the most recent quarterly hedge fund filings with the SEC. These funds cou…
Julia La Roche
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10 things you need to know in markets today
The price of oil surged overnight. At 6:45 a.m. GMT, the price of both major oil benchmarks is up b…