Coronavirus Keeps Killing Things Carl Icahn Doesn’t Like
First Occidental’s intransigence, now malls and a meddlesome SEC proposal.
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How Do You Say ‘Abysmal Operating Performance’ And ‘Wasteful Corporate Spending’ In French?
We don’t know, but some unfortunate executives are about to find out.
Not-So-Local Man Decides Not To Add Jes Staley To Unemployment Rolls For Now
But Edward Bramson would love to see a long-dated pink slip with the Barclays CEO’s name on it.
Silver Lake Pays $1 Billion To Save Jack Dorsey, For Some Reason
Paul Singer’s bloodlust is temporarily sated by a $2 billion buyback.
Trump Wall Street Allies Want To Do Some Firing, Avoid Getting Fired
Carl Icahn and Tom Barrack are taking different roles in their own versions of “The Apprentice.”
AT&T Already Playing Checkers With Dark Lord Of Chess Paul Singer
Goldman Sachs is great at bodyguarding against bullies, just ask their former head of activism defense...who works for Paul Singer as of four weeks ago.
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Opening Bell 7.13.18
JPMorgan earnings; Activist investors; Woodchucks eating cars and more!
You Can Take The AIG Out Of Paulson & Co., But You Can't Take John Paulson Out Of AIG
Dumping stock in a company whose board you currently sit on is, among other things, an extremely Paulson move.
After Barely Surviving E. Coli, Chipotle Will Now Have To Overcome B. Ackman
Does Herbalife have anything to treat diarrhea?
Bank of America Shareholders Want An Activist Investor To Pull A Dan Loeb On BofA
The real Dan Loeb or an imitation will be fine.
Dan Loeb Gets Revenge On Japan By Making 83-Year-Old Cry
The CEO of 7-Eleven will have to stand in for George Clooney in Loeb's revenge fantasy.
All Carl Icahn Wants For Christmas Is Pep Boys
The Icahn family can expect stockings full of shock absorbers this year.
AIG Leaves Carl Icahn No Choice
...but to take the first in a series of steps that will ultimately lead to its CEO maybe being replaced by one of Carl's choosing.
Herbalife Sincerely Hopes That Bill Ackman's Valeant Bet Sucks Less Than His Other Sucky Investments
Once again, it seems that Bill Ackman and Herbalife both dressed up as Mean Girls this Halloween.
Nelson Peltz Is Giving GE A Real Case Of The Mondays
Jeff Immelt's getting a little Peltz-ing to start the week.
At Columbia Business School, MBA Now Stands For Masters of Bill Ackman
According to the Wall Street Journal, many a business school student is worshiping at the alter of activist investing in general and Bill Ackman specifically.
Dan Loeb Is A Pretty Swell Guy: Dan Loeb
Anyone suggesting otherwise can just back the hell off.
Activist Investors Not Necessarily The Wall Street Equivalent Of Robert Durst: SEC Chair
Mary Jo White does not think all activist investors are a scourge of society, despite what you may have heard. Some of her best friends are activist investors!