But hedge funds, the investment vehicles for the wealthy that these prominent investors epitomized, are by no means on the ropes.

Warren Buffett and many other prominent investors have supported bringing back a similar transaction tax.

But there was no hint that the local boy who had made good was destined to return as a prominent investor.

The company's Board of Directors includes prominent investors and financial leaders with background in the cruising and shipping industries.

Canadian officials would not release their names, but the list was said to include a number of prominent British investors in the company.

In an age of increasing shareholder activism, such prominent institutional investors have greater influence as well.

The small processing and service sectors are largely dominated by just a few prominent local investors.

Overtures to several prominent investors have failed to turn up any takers, sending the stock to a new low yesterday.

But, like other prominent investors, his bets on technology companies soured in the late 1990's.

A prominent foreign investor is coming to his brokerage house this morning.