October 18, 2021
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Vizium Asset Management under investigation; Tiger Global loses big; Florida woman charged with DUI after driving into Waffle House while not wearing pants; and more.
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$$$Hedge fund Tiger Global lost 8.5 percent in February [Reuters]

$$$Justice Department, SEC Investigating Visium [WSJ]

$$$Bloomberg says will not enter White House race [FT]

$$$Jefferies restructures junk debt business, bankers leave [Reuters]

$$$Woman leads police on high-speed chase in 'Mystery Machine' van from ‘Scooby Doo’ [NYDN]

$$$When CEOs Sacrifice Their Bonuses, Do Employees Stick Around? [Bloomberg]

$$$BlackRock gold fund may face penalties over unregistered share issue [Reuters]

$$$FL woman charged with DUI after driving into Waffle House while not wearing pants [NYDN]

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