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When it comes out that Carl Icahn is investing in a stock, those shares usually trade up. But what happens when he starts dialing down his holdings?
eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) has gone from a powerhouse auctioneer along with the great growth of PayPal in years past to a standalone internet giant lacking growth and having to sell itself as a value...
Carl Icahn has submitted an SEC filing through his Icahn Enterprises disclosing roughly a 10% stake in Caesars Entertainment, expressing a plan to increase shareholder value by selling the company.
Activist investor Starboard Value has dropped $200 million on struggling pizza restaurant chain Papa John's. The dilutive effect of such transactions appears to be offset by Starboard's success at...
On some days investors get to see good news hit a sector from multiple angles. That was the case for the dollar store and discount store sector on Monday.
Dell Technologies and VMware both posted double-digit revenue gains in the third quarter. The better-than-expected results could toss a monkey wrench into Dell's planned re-entry into the public...
Carl Icahn plans to launch a proxy fight to prevent Michael Dell and Silver Lake Partners from completing a reverse merger with a tracking stock controlled by Dell and Silver Lake that would bring...
Amazon.com discontinues controversial hiring tool, Google appeals huge EU fine, Sears finally may file for Chapter 11, and other important business headlines.
Papa John’s shares made a solid gain to kick off Tuesday after it was announced that an activist investor may be interested in the pizza chain.
Symantec has announced that it has ended its internal accounting probe and that there will be no major revisions to its financial results.
Activist investor Dan Loeb and his firm Third Point, are looking to further take control of Campbell Soup and influence a sale, this time through the board of directors.
Sometimes activist investors just seem desperate to get a share price up but seem to have very little to really add. With Symantec, the activist investor community easily could score a large victory...
Activist investor Dan Loeb's Third Point has acquired a 5.65% stake (17 million shares) in the Campbell Soup. Going after a low-margin food company has its risks, that's for sure.
Carl Icahn will try to block a major merger, Tesla takes steps to open a factory in China, tariffs to increase the costs of some best-selling cars, and other business headlines.
Google may censor some of its results to move into the Chinese market, Tesla said it was close to making a profit, and other important business headlines.