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Tough year for activist hedge funds; Icahn struggling
We've noted that activist hedge fund managers are struggling this year. The best example is Carl Icahn. The New York Post reports his hedge funds are suffering their first losses since starting up in Read more...
Carl Icahn, blogger, has bigger plans for site
When news hit that Carl Icahn was planning to blog, a lot of people were ready to tune in. He made the world wait. But after nearly half a year, The Icahn Read more...
Pain spreads to East Hampton
So how bad is the downturn on Wall Street? Bad enough to spread to East Hampton, a favorite play area for the made-it Wall Street set. Tax revenues in the town are down 42 percent from last year. The Read more...
Could Microsoft return to the Yahoo deal table?
We've been saying all along that we haven't seen the last of Microsoft when it comes to a Yahoo deal. Microsoft has announced that it will not only support Carl Icahn's bid to install a new Yahoo Read more...
The Icahn you never knew
Way before Microsoft-Yahoo thrust his name into the spotlight yet again, Carl Icahn was a hedge fund industry icon. But did we really know him? I would suggest none of us really know the Read more...
Yang beats back at hedge funds
For Jerry Yang, the erstwhile founder and chief of Yahoo, the barbarians are at the gate. He can smell the likes of Carl Icahn and his hedge fund hordes. And yet he is holding on. How long is the big Read more...
Handicapping Silicon Valley vs. Wall Street
The battle for heart and soul of Yahoo is shaping up to be a real doozy. In one corner: The Carl Icahn-led hedge fund crowd, with a long list of luminaries that are irate at the Yahoo board for
Read more...Hedge funds' 13D workaround challenged
There was a time when an investment firm's disclosure that it had purchased more than 5 percent of company's stock was big news. It often suggested that a company might be in play. But hedge funds Read more...
Hedge funds line up behind Icahn on Yahoo
Yahoo may have been able to stare down Microsoft at the bargaining table, but we may yet see big M&A fees from a deal. The catalyst in all this remains Carl Icahn. Following his lead, an all-star Read more...
Icahn now main player in Microsoft-Yahoo drama
The key man in the still unfolding Microsoft-Yahoo pas de deux is not Steve Ballmer, not Jerry Yang, or even Eric Schmidt. It's investor activist Carl Icahn. The New York Times notes that while he Read more...