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Goldman Sachs (GS.N) said on Tuesday it had rehired veteran banker Mark Schwartz in the role of chairman of its Asia Pacific unit.
JP Morgan's top media sector banker Harry Hampson is to become head of the bank's Financial Sponsors Group which advises private equity firms.
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn revealed he had bought a 7.6 percent stake in Chesapeake Energy Corp and called for the natural gas producer to replace at least four directors.
In a letter to publishers and editors, Warren Buffett said Berkshire Hathaway will probably purchase more newspapers in a few years.
U.S. media executive Harry Sloan has approached private equity firm CVC Capital Partners CVC.UL to buy a controlling stake in Nine Entertainment.
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers partner Ellen Pao is suing the venture capital firm alleging sexual harassment and discrimination.
Oliver Chang, head of U.S. housing strategy at Morgan Stanley is leaving his firm to start his own buy-to-rent housing fund.
British private equity firm 3i Group promoted investment chief Simon Borrows to the top job on Thursday.
Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin, who owns about 2% of the company, said he would relinquish his U.S. citizenship. This angered two U.S. senators.
