General Growth says Fairholme and Pershing Square offer $3.93 billion investmentCHICAGO - Two major investors in General Growth Properties are joining Brookfield Asset Management in offering to inject a combined $6.5 billion in fresh funds into the shopping mall operator to help...General Growth Investors Said to Boost Brookfield Bid (Update2)March 8 (Bloomberg) -- General Growth Properties Inc. ’s biggest debt and equity holders will offer to jointly invest $3.93 billion in the mall owner to help bring the company out of bankruptcy, according to a person familiar with the plan.General Growth says Fairholme and Pershing Square offer $3.93 billion investmentCHICAGO - Shopping mall operator General Growth Properties says two of its creditors have offered to invest $3.93 billion in the company to help it emerge from bankruptcy protection.Public Pension Funds Are Adding Risk to Raise ReturnsEven as big companies are moving their pension funds out of stocks, state governments are chasing higher returns for their plans by making riskier investments.General Growth gets offer of $3.93B investmentAssociated Press - March 8, 2010 10:04 PM ET CHICAGO (AP) - Shopping mall operator General Growth Properties says 2 of its creditors have offered to invest $3.93 billion in the company to help...Former Deutsche Bank Saba Asia Head Said to Plan New Hedge FundMarch 9 (Bloomberg) -- The ex-Asia head of Deutsche Bank AG ’s Saba proprietary trading desk is planning a hedge fund seeking to profit from mispricing of securities in Asia’s equity and credit markets, said two people with knowledge of the matter.Chicago man attacked with sword in DavenportPolice said a Chicago man was seriously injured when he was attacked with a sword outside a Davenport, Iowa, tavern. Officers said 26-year-old Ricky Johnson Jr. got into a fight with 36-year-old Willie Terrell of Davenport outside Boozie's Bar and Grill Tuesday. Police said the two men exchanged punches before Terrell went to his car, got out a sword and struck Johnson in the arms and torso ...Justices debate Chicago handgun banChicago's 28-year-old strict ban on handgun ownership appeared in trouble Tuesday at the U.S. Supreme Court in a potentially far-reaching case over the ability of state and local governments to enforce limits on weapons.Ducks trade defenseman Boynton to ChicagoANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- The Anaheim Ducks traded defenseman Nick Boynton to the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday for future considerations.NHL: New York Islanders 5, Chicago 3UNIONDALE, N.Y., March 2 (UPI) -- Blake Comeau notched the first hat trick of his NHL career Tuesday as the New York Islanders skated past Chicago 5-3.Job Creation to Bring Biotechnology Leaders to Chicago for BioParks 2010Focused on job creation, leaders in biotechnology and life sciences will convene in Chicago, Illinois this spring to evaluate the role of biotechnology parks in the economic recovery. The Association of University Research Parks' (AURP) BioParks 2010 will bring together executives from research and science parks around the world to learn the latest on building communities of biotechnology ...
