John Paulson and Hank Paulson, two of the biggest players in the recent financial crisis, share more than a last name. Besides their name -- and the fact that both received MBAs from Harvard -- the two share something else: Both have now attracted the attention of the SEC.
Hedge-fund manager John Paulson has completed a restructuring plan to save the troubled publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt from the billions of dollars of debt acrrued by its parent company, Education Media and Publishing Group.
As gold surged past $1,200 an ounce in November, gold bugs got a vote of confidence. John Paulson, the billionaire hedge fund manager, launched a gold fund. But Paulson's fund has taken a bruising, and Wall Street's gold fever now shows signs of cooling.
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