Janus to lose 3 managers, 2 of whom oversee top performers
By Ross Kerber
(Reuters) – Janus Capital Group is losing three portfolio managers, two who have been overseeing top-performing funds and one who has been overseeing two underperforming funds.
Janus (JNS.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) said on Monday that Chad Meade and Brian Schaub, co-managers of Janus Venture Fund JAVTX.O and Janus Triton Fund JGMAX.O, will leave in coming weeks after handing off the portfolios.
Janus to lose three managers, two of whom oversee top performers
By Ross Kerber
(Reuters) – Janus Capital Group is losing three portfolio managers, two who have been overseeing top-performing funds and one who has been overseeing two underperforming funds.
Janus (JNS.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Monday that Chad Meade and Brian Schaub, co-managers of Janus Venture Fund JAVTX.O and Janus Triton Fund JGMAX.O, will leave in coming weeks after handing off the portfolios.
Virginia deserved notice on bomb suspect burial: funeral director
BOSTON (Reuters) – Local officials in Virginia should have been told before the body of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev was interred there, said the funeral director who handled his remains.
Worcester, Massachusetts, funeral home owner Peter Stefan also said Boston city officials had known by Wednesday where the body was being taken, shedding new light on the controversial burial.
Icahn, Southeastern mount challenge to Dell buyout
By Sam Forgione and Ross Kerber
(Reuters) – Activist investor Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management Inc, two of Dell Inc’s biggest shareholders, have proposed an alternative to a $24.4 billion buyout led by founder Michael Dell that will take private the world’s No. 3 PC maker.
Michael Dell, major shareholders such as Southeastern and billionaire Icahn are waging a battle over the future of the world’s third largest personal computer maker, once a tech-industry high flyer, but now struggling to evolve as people embrace smartphones and tablet computers.
Rapper Psy wows Harvard with global appeal, dance moves
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (Reuters) – South Korean rapper Psy said he “partied hard” when his dance number drew its first 10 million views on YouTube last summer. Little did he know “Gangnam Style” would become the most-viewed video in the online service’s history, with a global following and nearly 1.6 billion views as of Thursday.
“I partied hard to celebrate 10 million views!” Psy told about 1,000 people at Harvard University on Thursday evening, as he recalled his reaction when the song took off, making him a cultural phenomenon and leading to meetings with Los Angeles record producers.
Boston compensation mission brings Feinberg back to home turf
BOSTON (Reuters) – Kenneth Feinberg, America’s Solomon of catastrophe compensation, spoke in Boston on Tuesday on how the city can navigate what he called the biblical choices in getting money to victims of the April 15 bombings.
He also tamped down hopes of big payouts.
“There’s not enough money here to pay everybody,” the Washington mediation attorney told an open meeting held at the Boston Public Library, just steps from the site of the first of two blasts that killed three people and injured 264. “Lower your expectations,” he said.
Boston bombing suspect’s family struggles to find burial site
BOSTON (Reuters) – The family of suspected Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev faced a quandary Monday over where to bury his body as cemeteries across Massachusetts refused to accept it.
Tsarnaev, 26, died in a gun battle with police on April 19, four days after bombs he is believed to have set with his younger brother killed three people and injured another 264 at the marathon.
Struggle to find grave site stymies Boston bombing suspect’s burial
BOSTON (Reuters) – A Massachusetts funeral home owner said he is struggling to find a graveyard willing to accept the body of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, killed in a shootout with police four days after an attack that left three dead and 264 injured.
Peter Stefan, owner of the funeral home in Worcester, Massachusetts, said he would turn to government officials for help if he cannot find a resting place for Tsarnaev soon.
Boston bombing suspect’s burial plans stymied, funeral home says
BOSTON (Reuters) – A Massachusetts funeral home owner said he is struggling to find a graveyard willing to accept the body of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, killed in a shootout with police four days after an attack that left three dead and 264 injured.
Peter Stefan, owner of the funeral home in Worcester, Massachusetts, said he would turn to government officials for help if he cannot find a resting place for Tsarnaev soon.
Marathon bombing suspects had planned July 4 attack, official says
BOSTON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The two brothers suspected of carrying out the deadly attacks on the Boston Marathon had originally planned to set off their bombs on July 4, a law enforcement official said.
The source said the suspects, Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, advanced the date of their attack because they completed building bombs more quickly then they originally anticipated. The official declined to be identified and did not offer more details.

