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Carl Icahn is proving to be a winner for investors. Despite a public battle with Bill Ackman over Herbalife, and despite what appears to be a non-victory for Icahn at eBay, investors have done well...
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If Herbalife gets its way, Carl Icahn will soon control five of the company's board seats (slightly more than 38%) while owning just under 17% of its stock. None of the board members being replaced...
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Argus has downgraded Herbalife's near-term rating to Hold from Buy. The basis for the call is the recently announced Federal Trade Commission investigation into Herbalife's business practices,...
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When it comes to his stance on eBay, activist investor Carl Icahn might be starting to understand that his fight to remove board members and to get a spinoff of PayPal is becoming futile.
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Courtesy Herbalife Ltd.Since he made his presentation on the business practices of Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE: HLF) in China last Tuesday, Pershing Square Capital Management’s William Ackman has turned...
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ThinkstockActivist investor Carl Icahn said on Friday that Icahn Enterprises LP (NASDAQ: IEP) will begin using its Facebook page to disclose material non-public information. Icahn already uses...
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Activist investor Carl Icahn has "not yet begun to fight" according to his latest open letter to the shareholders of eBay. His impetus was an investor survey that showed 55% of respondents support a...
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courtesy of ebayThe war of words between eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) and activist investor and billionaire Carl Icahn is heating up. eBay’s message in the headline was simply “Stick to the Facts,...
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eBay has been fighting the calls of billionaire and activist investor Carl Icahn to break-up the company by spinning off PayPal, and now the calls are going to get louder.
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Apple may finally be free from outside activist shareholder pressure from the likes of Carl Icahn. In his newest letter to shareholders, Icahn appears to be backing off entirely from his push for...
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Pre-eminent proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) has come down on the side of Apple in its clash with activist investor Carl Icahn over an additional $50 billion share buyback...
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Apple CEO Tim Cook said that Apple has repurchased more than $40 billion worth of its own shares in the past 12 months, a total he claimed is a record for any company. Who cares? Certainly not...
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courtesy of Apple Inc.Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) disappointed investors on Monday with sales of iPhones that weren’t as strong as expected and then weaker-than-expected guidance for the...
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Icahn now uses Twitter to communicate his messages rapidly, and the latest tweet shows that he just bought $500 million more in Apple stock. He even joked that his buying is the same as the company's...
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24/7 Wall St. takes a look at some of the stocks that are being or have been pushed and cajoled by activist investors. In many cases, the activist investors helped the smaller investors by...
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