In a typical move for the activist investor, Elliott Management recently purchased shares of Hess Corp.
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They did so earlier this year at Chesapeake, joined by another activist investor, billionaire Carl Icahn.
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Icahn was repeatedly asked about his position, but the activist investor avoided giving any response.
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The shareholder base is widely dispersed, making it easier for any activist investor to mount a campaign.
Other Burger King investors included financiers Martin Franklin and Nicolas Berggruen and activist investor William Ackman.
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Will the activist investor get his way, or will the CEO get more time to implement his vision?
What I would advise any activist investor looking at Cisco is to do what I did at Yahoo!
The announcement was a major boost to billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn, whose own letter to Yahoo!
Even CarlIcahnCarl Icahn, the corporate raider who now calls himself an "activist investor, " jumps on every potential business deal.
Lionsgate has shaken off an activist investor, Carl Icahn, who had argued it should get out of film production.
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Entertainment company Lionsgate ( LGF) has successfully fended off efforts by legendary activist investor Carl Icahn to control the company.
Late in 2012, the activist investor announced a massive short position in Herbalife, calling the nutritional supplement company a pyramid scheme.
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Even Carl Icahn , the corporate raider who now calls himself an "activist investor, " jumps on every potential business deal.
Hewlett-Packard shares are trading higher Monday morning on rumors that activist investor Carl Icahn might take a stake in the company.
After news surfaced on Tuesday that the billionaire activist investor would be waging a proxy fight over Yahoo!
Living the Buffett motto of being greedy when others are fearful, activist investor Carl Icahn has been very active recently.
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Under pressure by billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn, management decided to shake up the board, replacing four of the eight independent directors.
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The activist investor said that given current market conditions, bankruptcies are unavoidable and that companies aren't helping anyone by prolonging the inevitable.
In his latest bet on an energy company, activist investor Carl Icahn unveiled a 1.56% stake in drilling company Transocean.
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He's hardly alone in seeing unrealized value in CCA. Activist investor William Ackman's Pershing Square Capital Management is its largest shareholder with 9.4%.
However, Cox and the financial media are wrong if they think size of the company alone will prevent success for any activist investor.
Meet the main characters (and truly you could not ask for more): Opposing billionaires, activist investor Carl Icahn and company founder Michael Dell.
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One group includes the short-term investors whose only concern is the quick profits they can score riding the coattails of an activist investor.
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Large Motorola Mobility holders like activist investor Carl Icahn and Farallon Capital Management would take a big hit if the deal were to breakdown.
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When news leaked out on Oct. 13 that activist investor Carl Icahn had acquired a 9.8% stake in Navistar International (NAV), its stock popped.
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NelsonPeltzNelson Peltz, the billionaire activist investor with a taste for low-brow food companies, has finally closed in on Wendy's after years of agitation.
After news surfaced on Tuesday and Wednesday that the billionaire activist investor would be waging a proxy fight over Yahoo!
The activist investor David Einhorn of Greenlight Capital issued a press release this morning on what on the surface sounds like a technicality.
With the backing of the board of directors and activist investor William Ackman, Johnson was supposed to have three years to execute that turnaround.
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