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Wall Street’s favorite jester has fallen foul of the prophet of doom. A tense feud has broken out between the outspoken tele­vision stock picker Jim Cramer and the notoriously gloomy economist Nouriel Roubini.
Roubini, a New York University professor who famously forecast a dire world recession as far back as 2006, has taken exception to remarks [...]

The SEC is suing a former Minnesota hedge fund manager, alleging that he defrauded investors of almost $16 million.
The lawsuit, which was  filed yesterday in Minneapolis federal court, accuses John Lawton of lying to investors about the performance of his Paramount Partners hedge fund, overstating its balance sheet to hide losses. Lawton, who moved his [...]