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  1. US Officials: China Refuses to Help Stop Investment Scams

    Wed, 9 Jan 2013

    been lost. Even some well-known names in the investment world were reported to be victims. The hedge fund run by John Paulson -- who is best known for predicting the collapse of the housing market -- was reported to have lost $468 million

  2. Billionaires Soros, Paulson Bet Big on Gold

    Thu, 16 Aug 2012

    in Bangalore, India, Monday, Jan. 9, 2012. (Credit: Namas Bhojani/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Once again John Paulson is choosing to heavily invest in gold and fellow billionaire George Soros is making a similar bet. According to Bloomberg

  3. DOJ Will Not Prosecute Goldman Sachs in Financial Crisis Probe

    Thu, 9 Aug 2012

    performance of subprime residential mortgage-backed securities and was composed of investment choices hedge fund manager John Paulson had a financial interest in selecting, although Tourre never disclosed to potential investors that Paulson & Co. had

  4. Fundraising and Friending With Celebs and Wall Street, Does It Matter in the End?

    Mon, 4 Jun 2012

    another New York City fundraising swing in April he held a fundraiser at the Upper East Side townhouse of billionaire John Paulson , who made his wealth betting against subprime mortgages. And while the timing of Friday's Wintour video may have

  5. Fundraising Floodgates Opening For Romney

    Tue, 1 May 2012

    former chairman of Goldman Sachs and longtime Romney friend John Whitehead, as well as billionaire hedge fund manager John Paulson , who held a dinner at his Manhattan townhouse Thursday for Romney (first reported in The Daily Beast ). But, there

  6. To Bill Maher, Super PACs Are the Designated Hitters

    Fri, 24 Feb 2012

    inducted himself into an elite club of rich people trying to influence the election. It includes Mitt Romney backers John Paulson , Edward Conard, Paul Singer and Bob Perry; Rick Santorum benefactor Foster Friess; Obama fan Jeffrey Katzenberg

News

  1. In Romney's Super Pac, the Hedge Fund Mavens Come Out to Play

    Wed, 1 Feb 2012

    unlimited amounts of money in support of Romney. They are the top donors to the group; two other wealthy donors, John Paulson and Edward Conard , were already reported to have given $1 million each as well. The Super Pac is the ideal body of

  2. The PAC Pack: The Men Behind the Money Behind the Candidates

    Tue, 31 Jan 2012

    to some of the most generous donors to super PACs: John Paulson and Edward Conard It's no surprise that the two biggest candidate's. The self-made, hedge-fund master John Paulson , pictured here, and the investment banking director

  3. Is The Newt Boom Here To Stay? (The Note)

    Tue, 6 Dec 2011

    John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) an President George W. Bush. Romney's richest donor so far is hedge-fund titan John Paulson , who is worth an estimated $16 billion, according to Forbes. Paulson has given $1 million to the Restore Our Future

  4. Hedge Fund Manager John Paulson to Occupy Wall Street Protesters: Don't Vilify Businesses

    Tue, 11 Oct 2011

    Billionaire hedge fund manager John Paulson , whose home was on the visiting list for Occupy Wall Street 's "Millionaire March" this afternoon, said today that "instead

  5. Double Donors: Wealthy 2012 Contributors Use Outside PACs To Give Big To Obama and Romney

    Fri, 5 Aug 2011

    additional $125,000. Representatives for Restore Our Future declined to comment. Not everyone is double donating. John Paulson , the hedge fund investor who famously made billions by betting on the housing bubble to burst, gave $1 million to the

  6. A dozen donors account for bulk of 'super PAC' money

    Wed, 3 Aug 2011

    wing minority to go unchallenged," he said. Million-dollar donors to PACs include New York hedge-fund manager John Paulson , who gave to Restore Our Future. Eli Publishing and F8 LLC, two companies that share an address in Provo, Utah

  7. Hedge Fund Manager John Paulson Takes Home Record $5 Billion in Profits in 2010

    Fri, 28 Jan 2011

    Americans continue to struggle. Hedge fund manager John Paulson made more than $5 billion in personal profits last Sebastian Mallaby, the author of "More Money Than God." John Paulson Defends Tax Rate for Top Earners as 'Fair' There are

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Videos

  1. Tax Loophole for $5 Billion Payday?

    Fri, 28 Jan 2011

    Street Journal first reported the phenomenal amount. by John Paulson which works out at a 159. Dollars every second every last record set was by the same man hedge fund manager John Paulson four billion back in 2007. After betting against those

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    year the Wall Street Journal first reported the phenomenal amount. -- by John Paulson which works out at a 159. Dollars every second every second of every day. And as ABC's David Muir reports this is just one of the many Wall Street pay days benefiting from a giant tax -- -- It is a staggering sum of money one man one year. More than five billion dollars in profits industry experts say could be the largest yearly -- ever. It turns out the last record set was by the same man hedge fund manager John Paulson four billion back in 2007. After betting against those risky mortgages that brought down the housing market but this newest number comes
  2. Rep. Jackie Speier on 'Top Line'

    Tue, 4 Oct 2011

    packages together like for Goldman and they had this one product lot of applicants where they basically did at Ford John Paulson who was a hedge fund guy He wanted to sorted and then they went out. And tried to promote that as if that was a piece

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    this one product lot of applicants where they basically did at Ford John Paulson who was a hedge fund guy He wanted to sorted and then they went out. And tried to promote that as if
  3. U.S. Jobless Claims Near 4-Year Low

    Thu, 9 Feb 2012

    consumer does a great brand. And the core shareholders. Aren't selling their stocks maybe some people said indeed that John Paulson hedge fund manager who was actually selling the stock. Did just need to rates and cashing get out of it and that they

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    shareholders. Aren't selling their stocks -- maybe some people said indeed that John Paulson hedge fund manager who was actually selling the stock. Did just need to rates and cashing get out of it and that
  4. Goldman Sachs Charged With Fraud

    Fri, 16 Apr 2010

    and instead of investment vehicles Goldman sold actual vehicles like a big car Now imagine they let a mechanic named John Paulson . Install faulty brakes in a few of those car so He could take out insurance on the doomed vehicles and get rich when

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    like a big car -- Now imagine they let a mechanic named John Paulson . Install faulty brakes in a few of those car so He could take out insurance on the doomed vehicles and get rich
  5. Volcanic Ash Still Grounding Flights

    Fri, 16 Apr 2010

    that instead of investment vehicles Goldman sold actual vehicles like a big car Now imagine they let a mechanic named John Paulson . Install faulty brakes in a few of those car so He could take out insurance on the doomed vehicles and get rich when

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    like a big car -- Now imagine they let a mechanic named John Paulson . Install faulty brakes in a few of those car so He could take out insurance on the doomed vehicles and get rich
  6. World News (4.16.10)

    Fri, 16 Apr 2010

    imagine instead of investment vehicles Goldman sold actual vehicles like a big car No and they let a mechanic named John Paulson . Install faulty brakes in a few of those car so He could take out insurance on the doomed vehicles and get rich when

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    a big car -- No -- and they let a mechanic named John Paulson . Install faulty brakes in a few of those car so He could take out insurance on the doomed vehicles and get rich
  7. Roundtable: Goldman Sachs Debacle

    Sun, 18 Apr 2010

    Perez got. There's a guy recoveries tore right while personal we start up yourself where it was over the guy named John Paulson He wants to bet against the housing industry in 2007. So. And He put together. Mr. Paulson had Goldman put together

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    we start up -- yourself where it was over the guy named John Paulson He wants to bet against the housing industry in 2007. So. And He put together. Mr. Paulson had Goldman put together this
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Photos

  1. PHOTO: Billionaire hedge fund manager John Paulson pledged $100 million to New York's Central Park Conservancy, making the largest gift ever in the history of the city's 155-year-old urban icon.
  2. PHOTO: John Paulson, the hedge fund manager
  3. VIDEO: Hedge fund manager John Paulson made $159 per second last year.
  4. Photo: Hedge fund manager John Paulson

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