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Breakingviews awards gold medals in financial Olympics

August 11, 2008 — 6:44pm ET | By Jim Kim
In honor of the summer Olympics, here are some medals that Breakingviews would like to see: A "shot put" medal for John Paulson: His big "put" on the subprime crisis made for a very good year. But... Read more...

Tough year for activist hedge funds; Icahn struggling

August 11, 2008 — 9:42am ET | By Jim Kim
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

August 6, 2008 — 1:50pm ET | By Jim Kim
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...

Could Microsoft return to the Yahoo deal table?

July 7, 2008 — 4:07pm ET | By Jim Kim
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

June 18, 2008 — 7:33am ET | By Jim Kim
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...

Yahoo spurns Microsoft again

June 13, 2008 — 6:54am ET | By Jim Kim
Looks like a Yahoo-Microsoft deal is not going to happen. But it's unclear exactly what happened. After seeking a deal for the whole company, Microsoft's latest offer was for its search operations... Read more...

Yang beats back at hedge funds

June 5, 2008 — 1:51pm ET | By Jim Kim
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...

Hedge funds line up behind Icahn on Yahoo

May 22, 2008 — 6:59am ET
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

May 20, 2008 — 6:59am ET
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...

Microsoft to the rescue of Yahoo?

May 16, 2008 — 6:59am ET
We noted not too long ago that it might not be wise to assume that the Microsoft-Yahoo dance was completely over. Ever since Jerry Yang and company spurned Steve Ballmer and company, Yahoo... Read more...
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