Subject: RSCI News
From: "Sebastian Momtazi" <[email-masked]>
To: "undisclosed-recipients:"
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:34:01 -0400

FISKER

House panel to hold hearing on financially troubled Fisker
Automotive<http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/apr/10/house-panel-hold-hearing-financially-troubled-fisk/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS>

Washington Times 4/10

A House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee is set to investigate
Fisker Automotive. “The hearing will examine taxpayer support offered to
Fisker Automotive, including the loan guarantee Fisker received from the
U.S. Department of Energy”. The hearing is set for April 24th.

EFH

Battle heats up over fate of troubled energy
buyout<http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/04/08/a-battle-intensifies-over-the-fate-of-energy-future-holdings/>

NYT 4/8

An analysis of recent movements around EFH restructuring.

Sierra Club steps up campaign against Energy Future
Holdings<http://www.dallasnews.com/business/energy/20130411-sierra-club-steps-up-campaign-against-energy-future-holdings.ece>

Dallas News 4/11

The Sierra club recently ramped up its campaign aimed at forcing Energy
Future Holdings Corp., to phase out its biggest, oldest and most polluting
coal plants.

NTE

Bakken weakens against WTI as Northern Tier turnaround
nears<http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-08/bakken-weakens-against-wti-as-northern-tier-turnaround-nears.html>

Bloomberg 4/8

Bakken’s differential to domestic benchmark West Texas Intermediate
weakened more than any other U.S.-produced crude with the approach of a
turnaround at Northern Tier Energy LP’s Minnesota refinery.

TEKELEC

Tekelec tops policy vendor list for
2012<http://www.billingworld.com/news/2013/04/tekelec-tops-policy-vendor-list-for-2012.aspx>

Billingword 4/9

Market-research company Exact Ventures has placed Tekelec at the top of its
heap of independent policy vendors for 2012.

Tekelec to present ‘Policy Everywhere’ at policy control and data pricing
conference<http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20130409005089/en/Tekelec-Present-%E2%80%98Policy-Everywhere%E2%80%99-Policy-Control-Data>

Businesswire 4/9

Tekelec will speak in two sessions about extending Policy Everywhere

SEAWORLD

SeaWorld seeks up to $540mm in
I.P.O.<http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/04/09/seaworld-seeks-up-to-540-million-in-i-p-o/>

NYT 4/9

The company plans to sell 20 million shares at $24 to $27 a piece, with
half coming from Blackstone. That would value SeaWorld at around $2.4bn.

WEATHER

Michael Rubin to lead Long Form Programming at The Weather
Channel<http://press.weather.com/press-releases/michael-rubin-lead-long-form-programming-weather-channel/>

Weather 4/12

Michael Rubin is currently VP of long form for MSNBC.

PRIVATE EQUITY

Private Equity panel advises Ernest
Moniz<http://blogs.wsj.com/privateequity/2013/04/08/private-equitys-advice-for-secretary-of-energy-nominee-ernest-moniz/>

WSJ 4/8

The nominee for U.S. secretary of was urged to reach out to other
governmental agencies, to proceed with caution in lifting the current
moratorium on the export of natural gas, and to place greater investment in
natural gas infrastructure.

Private Equity Investors in China told to toughen
up<http://blogs.wsj.com/privateequity/2013/04/09/youre-fired-private-equity-investors-in-china-told-to-toughen-up/>

WSJ 4/9

Investors at the SuperReturn China conference were told that firms needed
to be ruthless in restructuring portfolio companies’ management and stop
relying on IPO’s.

KKR appoints new Japan Chairman, Chief
Executive<http://blogs.wsj.com/privateequity/2013/04/10/kkr-appoints-new-japan-chairman-chief-executive/>

WSJ 4/10

KKR appointed a turnaround expert as new chief executive to its Tokyo
office, as it ups its presence in the notoriously difficult Japanese market.

Private Equity fundraising down in
Q1<http://blogs.wsj.com/privateequity/2013/04/12/the-morning-leverage-private-equity-fundraising-down-12-in-q1/>

WSJ 4/12

Hillary Canada reports that U.S. fundraising dropped 12% year-on-year