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ThinkstockCorporate governance issues are sometimes a blessing for shareholders, but they also can crush the rights of shareholders in many cases. Tracking CEO pay of large public companies is now...
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ThinkstockIt is frequently said that there is an exchange-traded fund (or ETF) for just about every sort of investment strategy. There are even some ETFs with strategies that are either hard to...
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January has been one great month for equity investors. With the Dow Jones Industrial Average up about 6.5% and challenging 14,000 again, and the S&P up more than 5.5% back above 1,500, investors...
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ThinkstockBerkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) is about to raise some new debt financing. An SEC filing S-3ASR from Warren Buffett and friends was filed on behalf of the Berkshire Hathaway Finance...
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CNBCIn what was supposed to be a CNBC interview with Bill Ackman about Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE: HLF) and nasty comments made this week about Ackman by Carl Icahn, CNBC ended up with a pit bull dog fight...
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ThinkstockForest Laboratories Inc. (NYSE: FRX) reported third-quarter fiscal 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The drug maker and marketer reported an adjusted diluted earnings per...
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ThinkstockIn a filing this morning with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) reported that activist investor Carl Icahn now owns a stake amounting to 1.56% of...
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Jon OggHerbalife Ltd. (NYSE: HLF) is getting more aggressive against short seller Bill Ackman of Pershing Square. After seeing shares fall from over $42 to under $25 in December after Ackman...
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Vice President Joe Biden has been given with the task of reaching some form of aggressive gun control after the Newtown massacre. President Obama put him in charge of the effort as this is not...
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ThinkstockHerbalife Ltd. (NYSE: HLF) is getting a very strange move in this activist shareholder battle. Last night we noted that Bill Ackman of Pershing Square was out with its summary document...
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Jon OggBill Ackman may have seen Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE: HLF) rise more than handily after the initial tank after his short sale position was disclosed, but his Pershing Square is not letting up on...
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Being disappointed with work or being disappointed with corporate America is really not nothing new. The degree to how much certain members of the public will go to voice their opinion is sometimes...
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ThinkstockHerbalife Ltd. (NYSE: HLF) is probably feeling as though it should change its corporate structure to incorporated. With or without its “limited” structure, the company and its...
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ThinkstockHedge fund manager William Ackman of Pershing Square Capital Management told CNBC today that he has taken a short position in nutrition and weight loss product maker Herbalife Inc. (NYSE:...
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ThinkstockThe massacre in Newtown, Connecticut is being referred to as a tipping point for gun control in America. There is almost no way to discuss this subject without infuriating those who are in...
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