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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?
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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Amazon.com discontinues controversial hiring tool, Google appeals huge EU fine, Sears finally may file for Chapter 11, and other important business headlines.
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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.
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Symantec has announced that it has ended its internal accounting probe and that there will be no major revisions to its financial results.
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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.
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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...
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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.
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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.
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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.
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