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NEW YORK, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Private-equity firm Apollo Global Management [APOLO.UL] posted sharply improved investment performance across all of its funds Thursday, the Wall Street Journal reported citing a letter sent to investors.

The fund management group owned equally by management and private equity group Hellman & Friedman aims to register flotation plans with the UK's FSA as early as next week

Law firm Davis Wright Tremaine LLP has agreed to settle a class action law suit alleging it misled investors when it provided legal counsel in real estate transactions associated with properties managed by Salem-based Sunwest Management Inc.

Emerson Process Management said Thursday it acquired Missouri City, Texas-based EIM Controls Inc., a maker of valve actuators. EIM Controls will join the company's Valve Automation division, expanding Emerson's electric actuator offerings. (EMR)

Bookbinder Capital Management recently rolled out TerraVerde Capital Partners, a fund of funds that invests only in green hedge funds.

The issue is the retroactive application of these restrictions. It has to be illegal. It's one thing for the government to say "you must agree to abide by these terms before we give you this money". It's quite another to say "you took this money a while back, now abide by these terms now". Imagine this happening to the rest of us: Have you collected any Social Security payments? Well, we've retroactively decided that you're not allowed to buy any plane tickets. They pollute, and vacations for geezers are an unnecessary waste of tax dollars. Don't like it? Shouldn't have taken the money! Are you collecting unemployment? Well, we've retroactively decided that you can't own a cell phone. They are distractions; you'd probably have a job by now if you weren't wasting time on your phone. Do you claim any tax deductions for having children? Well, your kids can't play in sports leagues or attend private schools any more. These are expensive wastes; that's not what we

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TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Oct. 22, 2009) - Guardian Capital Group Limited (TSX:GCG)(TSX:GCG.A) and Guardian Capital Tactical Yield Fund - Guardian Capital Management LP ('Guardian Capital'), the manager of Guardian Capital Tactical Yield Fund (the 'Fund'), announced today that the Exchange Option for the purchase of units of the Fund under the preliminary prospectus dated September 30, 2009 has been extended to November 18, 2009. A prospective purchaser electing to use the Exchange Option has until 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on November 18, 2009 to ensure that the Exchange Option Election is received by Computershare Investor Services Inc., as the Fund's exchange agent, through CDS. The pricing period for the Exchange Option has also been extended and will be the five consecutive trading days ending on November 18, 2009. Each prospective purchaser who authorizes the deposit of Exchange Eligible Securities, as listed in the preliminary prospectus, through CDS by 5:00 p.m. (Tor

The most immediate component in the sanitation of Argentina's Matanza-Riachuelo river basin is sewage, which will occupy 70% of state-controlled water utility AySA's investment budget over the next 10...

Windows 7 will make its debut on Oct. 22, with a number of new features included that will change life for IT administrators managing the new operating system on their devices. Deploying and managing Windows 7 will likely be an altogether different experience from what IT pros found with Windows XP and Windows Vista. Some of these features, such as BitLocker, are designed to make administrators' lives easier by giving them more granular control over system aspects such as security or power management. Others, such as BranchCache or Remote Media Streaming, will make end-users' lives more productive or fun, but could give those IT administrators another layer of complexity with which to deal.By Nickolas Kolakowski - ...