Reuters Money: New ways to keep a kid in books without going broke

	Click to View in Browser 08/15/2013 New ways to keep a kid in books without going broke NEW YORK (Reuters) - In the middle of my last vacation, I found myself calling the beach town library in a panic, looking for books two and three of Trenton Lee Stewart's popular "Mysterious Benedict Society" series. I thought it would take my daughter a week to finish the first one. But she was so entranced, she finished it in two days. Soros raises JC Penney stake but two big investors exit in second quarter BOSTON (Reuters) - Billionaire investor and philanthropist George Soros likes ailing retailer JC Penney so much that he added another 2 million shares to his already large investment, according to regulatory filings released on Wednesday. Berkshire investments to come out on Thursday after Wednesday glitch (Reuters) - Details of investments made by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc are expected to be made public on Thursday, following a technical glitch that prevented their disclosure on Wednesday as scheduled. Paulson & Co more than halves gold ETF stake in second quarter NEW YORK (Reuters) - Paulson & Co more than halved its stake in SPDR Gold Trust, the world's biggest gold-backed exchange-traded fund, in the second quarter, when the bullion price lost nearly a quarter of its value. Hedge funds warm to Apple; Omega re-enters, Soros buys more NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple Inc is regaining its popularity among the biggest hedge funds, some of which have said a massive sell-off this year has gone too far. Soros dumps US Airways, Tiger Consumer likes Facebook NEW YORK (Reuters) - Billionaire investor George Soros dumped 7.85 million shares of US Airways Group Inc in the second quarter, a regulatory filing on Wednesday showed. U.S. charges two ex-JPMorgan bankers over 'London Whale' loss NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors brought criminal charges on Wednesday against two former JPMorgan Chase & Co employees in the trading scandal that cost the bank $6.2 billion last year, but the trader nicknamed "the London Whale" because of the size of losses was not one of them. Asia investors grapple with shortage of shorter bonds as Fed jitters grow HONG KONG (Reuters) - Fiscal prudence is starting to bite some Asian governments as they find global investors are shunning longer tenor bonds, worried about a turn in U.S. monetary policy and the region's growth prospects. Cayman Islands, U.S. reach pact to fight tax evasion WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has cut a deal with the Cayman Islands that will smooth implementation in the Caribbean island nation of a new U.S. anti-tax evasion law, while pressuring other low-tax and no-tax countries to follow suit. In praise of activist investment (Reuters) - Here is a sentence I never thought I'd write: Hedge funds, activists to be specific, are a very good thing. Related Video Daily Digit: 72% choose thin over $ Why bruised Brazil is a buy Business News U.S. jobs, inflation data support tapering of Fed bond buying Wal-Mart sales disappoint as shoppers worldwide curb spending The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Register Today   A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today   » MORE NEWSLETTERS - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2010 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add mail@nl.reuters.com to your address book. Details Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook Forward to a friend