Elektra’s Above-Market Buying Overwhelmed by Mexico’s Worst Rout - Ricardo Salinas , Grupo Elektra SA (ELEKTRA*) ’s chairman and controlling shareholder, is fighting a losing battle to support the stock amid a 58 percent tumble this year.

HEICO Corporation Announces Regular Quarterly Conference Call - HOLLYWOOD, Fla. and MIAMI -- On May 22, 2012, after the NYSE closing, HEICO Corporation (NYSE:HEI.A) will release its financial results for the second quarter ended April 30, 2012. The earnings release ...

Influential investor attacks Amazon, calls CEO 'Batman' - Hedge fund manager's opinion can send shares plunging or soaring Noted short-seller David Einhorn targeted Amazon and Martin Marietta Materials on Wednesday but was curiously silent on Herbalife.

Einhorn’s Silence is Golden for Herbalife - Herbalife shares rose sharply after David Einhorn didn't mention the company at a conference presentation.

Landstar Announces Its Mid-Quarter Conference Call - JACKSONVILLE, Fla., May 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Landstar System, Inc. (NASDAQ-LSTR), a non-asset based provider of integrated supply chain solutions delivering safe, specialized transportation and logistics ...

Herbalife shares fall on fund manager's queries - Hedge fund manager David Einhorn joins the company's conference call and asks what one analyst calls basic questions. Stock closes down 20%. You would think a better-than-expected 22% profit jump might convince investors that nutritional-supplement purveyor Herbalife Ltd. is still on a solid global growth track.

JPMorgan loss renews regulatory calls - WASHINGTON - A surprise $2 billion trading loss by a division of JPMorgan Chase triggered calls Friday for tougher regulation of banks three years after their near-death experience in the financial crisis.

Open Letter To The Board Of Directors Of Tetragon Financial Group Limited (Tetragon) - NEW YORK, May 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The following is an open letter sent to the Board of Directors of Tetragon on behalf of Omega Advisors, Inc.:Gentlemen:I find myself compelled to write to you, for ...

Pickens Shuns Chesapeake Stock For First Time Since 2008 - T. Boone Pickens , the Texas billionaire who spent the past decade promoting U.S. natural gas as an alternative to Middle East oil, has walked away from the nation’s second-largest gas producer and the man he calls a friend as Chesapeake Energy Corp. (CHK) ’s value dropped by a fourth.

Einhorn critical of Martin Marietta, China - SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Martin Marietta Materials shares sank 8% to $68.60 Wednesday after well-regarded investor David Einhorn spoke critically of the company at the Ira Sohn Investor Conference. Einhorn, who runs Greenlight Capital and known for his prescient calls on Lehman Bros. and Green Mountain Coffee Roasters , also was downbeat on U.S. Steel . Einhorn was positive on Apple , in ...