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BayStar settles differences with SCO

BayStar Capital, the firm that arranged a $50m (£27m) investment in the SCO... Read more

2 June, 2004 by Stephen Shankland

More Microsoft SCO links emerge

...case between IBM and SCO had claimed Microsoft had encouraged financial firm BayStar to invest in SCO. The claim was made by BayStar founder Larry... Read more

10 October, 2006 by Graeme Wearden

Microsoft 'offered to underwrite SCO funding'

...vendors and users, according to court papers filed recently. An executive at BayStar called Larry Goldfarb stated in a court declaration that Microsoft's vice... Read more

9 October, 2006 by Graeme Wearden

SCO and BayStar still fighting

The SCO Group and BayStar Capital, the fund that arranged a crucial $50m (£27m) investment in the... Read more

26 July, 2004 by Stephen Shankland

Who Shot Darl McBride?

...have happened if SCO had filed its court case, then done a Baystar and shut the flip up. There would still be speculation, of course... Read more

22 April, 2004 by Rupert Goodwins

BayStar wants management changes at SCO

After nearly a week of silence, BayStar Capital said on Wednesday that its move to retrieve a $20m (£11... Read more

22 April, 2004 by Stephen Shankland

Investor wants to pull out of SCO

BayStar Capital is seeking to get back the $20m (£11.05m) it invested... Read more

19 April, 2004 by Stephen Shankland

Proof emerges of SCO's Microsoft link

Investment company BayStar Capital has confirmed ties between two Linux foes, saying on Thursday that... Read more

12 March, 2004 by Stephen Shankland

SCO accepts $50m investment

...in legal action around Linux and Unix, announced a $50m investment by BayStar Capital on Thursday, marking a reversal of plans it discussed in May... Read more

17 October, 2003 by Stephen Shankland

BayStar's common shares go on the market

BayStar Capital, the investment fund that arranged a $50m cash infusion for the... Read more

29 September, 2004 by Stephen Shankland

BayStar buys more of SCO

...two-thirds of its investment in the SCO Group to co-investor BayStar Capital, giving the hedge fund more power in its search for major... Read more

10 May, 2004 by Stephen Shankland

IBM demands details of SCO dealings with HP, Microsoft, Sun

...twist on Tuesday, when IBM sent subpoenas to Microsoft, HP, Sun and Baystar. IBM filed the subpoenas in the US District Court for Utah, where... Read more

22 February, 2006 by Graeme Wearden

SCO receives funding to pursue Linux litigation

...statement. Investing in SCO has proven difficult in the past. One fund, BayStar Capital Management, invested $50m in 2003, but unwound the deal in 2004... Read more

15 February, 2008 by Stephen Shankland

Rupert Goodwins' Diary

...truest — comes from Larry Goldfarb, one of the chaps in charge of BayStar, an investment vehicle that coughed up $50m for SCO just before the... Read more

13 October, 2006

Rupert Goodwins' Diary

...truest — comes from Larry Goldfarb, one of the chaps in charge of BayStar, an investment vehicle that coughed up $50m for SCO just before the... Read more

13 October, 2006 by Rupert Goodwins

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