In a typical move for the activist investor, Elliott Management recently purchased shares of Hess Corp.
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Icahn was repeatedly asked about his position, but the activist investor avoided giving any response.
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Will the activist investor get his way, or will the CEO get more time to implement his vision?
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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The activist investor said that given current market conditions, bankruptcies are unavoidable and that companies aren't helping anyone by prolonging the inevitable.
The activist investor David Einhorn of Greenlight Capital issued a press release this morning on what on the surface sounds like a technicality.
The activist investor turned up the heat in late 2012 announcing a massive short position in Herbalife, calling the nutritional supplement company a pyramid scheme.
The activist investor, who owns a substantial stake in the US computer maker, opposes plans by founder Michael Dell to buy out his eponymous firm.
Icahn, and others like Bill Ackman and Nelson Peltz, are still conducting business the same way, but private equity firms are taking a page out of the activist investor handbook as well.
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The deal would create a new giant in the natural gas pipeline business, giving billionaire Carl Icahn a quick bang for his buck after the activist investor reported a large stake in Southern Union back in March.
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After news surfaced on Tuesday that the billionaire activist investor would be waging a proxy fight over Yahoo!
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!
Another reason to like Cracker Barrel is the presence of an activist investor helping to keep pressure on the company to improve performance: Sardar Biglari, the 35-year old Iranian-American manager of the Lion Fund and CEO of publicly traded Biglari Holdings (BH).
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Motorola continues to struggle amid tough competition from rival Nokia on the low end and BlackBerry-maker Research in Motion on the high end as activist investor CarlIcahnCarl Icahn pushes for a seat on the company's board of directors.
Motorola continues to struggle amid tough competition from rival Nokia (nyse: NOK - news - people ) on the low end and BlackBerry-maker Research in Motion (nasdaq: RIMM - news - people ) on the high end as activist investor Carl Icahn pushes for a seat on the company's board of directors.
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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With the potential of an activist investor to battle management and an intention to focus on its upstream business, Hess, as a stock, is looking particularly interesting.
With the backing of the board of directors and activist investor William Ackman, Johnson was supposed to have three years to execute that turnaround.
The filing from Loeb is a 13G, which means the investor, who led a successful activist campaign at Yahoo, has only a passive stake in Herbalife.
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Activist investor William Ackman fired the latest salvo in his bid for a seat on the board of Target Tuesday, pledging to maintain his personal investment in the retail chain for five years if he and his slate of four nominees is elected.
The company's shares have lost more than a quarter of their value since late October as activist investor Carl Icahn continues his push for a seat on the company's board of directors.
The announcement was a major boost to billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn, whose own letter to Yahoo!
Entertainment company Lionsgate ( LGF) has successfully fended off efforts by legendary activist investor Carl Icahn to control the company.
However, Cox and the financial media are wrong if they think size of the company alone will prevent success for any activist investor.
Even CarlIcahnCarl Icahn, the corporate raider who now calls himself an "activist investor, " jumps on every potential business deal.
Even Carl Icahn , the corporate raider who now calls himself an "activist investor, " jumps on every potential business deal.
Now, activist investor Carl Icahn has also joined the fray.
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On Friday Circuit City Stores said it opened its books to would-be suitor Blockbuster and the rental chain's largest shareholder, billionaire activist investor CarlIcahnCarl Icahn.
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