According to a statement recently released by the school, Renaissance Technologies founder James Simons and his wife are donating $150 million to Stony Brook University in New York. Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo and the University are scheduled to announce the gift at the school’s campus on Long Island. The donation is the largest…
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Hedge Funds and New York’s New Same-Sex Marriage Legislation
Hedge fund executives teamed up with New York’s recent same-sex marriage campaign, resulting in the new bill that was passed in the New York State Senate earlier this week. According to a report in the New York Time, several state Senate Republicans were urged to make same-sex marriage legal in the state by hedge fund…