Twisted Genius

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Win on the way down. Win on the way up. Hedge fund manager John Paulson is trying to do just that. He earned $3.3 billion last year mostly by betting against subprime mortgages. Now, he's trying to gain another windfall by investing in the companies burned by the mortgage meltdown, according to a Bloomberg report Wednesday. How? By starting a hedge fund to provide money to companies like Merrill Lynch (nyse: MER - news - people ), UBS (nyse: ...... (more)


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