Double insolvency hits specialist investment firm – Insider Media

Two industrial companies owned by a Kettering-headquartered specialist investment firm have fallen into administration, Insider can reveal. Hughes Armstrong Industries, which acquires or invests in underperforming British manufacturing companies, has been hit by the administration of Brighouse-based BCI Brewchem Ltd, a manufacturer of steelwork structures used in the food, beverage and water industries, and Halifax…

Jim Chanos Calls Merged Tesla-SolarCity a ‘Walking Insolvency’ – Bloomberg

Short-seller Jim Chanos said an announced $2.6 billion merger with SolarCity Corp. will make Tesla Motors Inc. a “walking insolvency.” The synergies are questionable at best,” Chanos, who founded hedge fund firm Kynikos Associates, said at the CNBC Institutional Investor Delivering Alpha Conference on Tuesday in New York. He estimated that the combined company, which will…