Fund sees jewel in Whitehall; SEC probe, CEO's death lead to changes in jewelry firm's board.(Whitehall Jewellers Inc)(Securities and Exchange Commission)(Hugh M. Patinkin death)

Crain's Chicago Business | July 25, 2005| | Copyright

Byline: SANDRA JONES

A Dallas-based hedge fund with ties to Texas oil scion Lamar Hunt is betting it can run Chicago-based Whitehall Jewellers Inc. better than the family that founded the old-line jewelry business on State Street a century ago.

Newcastle Partners, known for taking control of troubled companies, began buying large blocks of Whitehall shares last year when the jewelry store chain was under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. attorney's office in New York. The investigation stemmed from allegations that ...

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