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  • Friday, 26 May, 2023
    Person in the News
    Carl Icahn, a star corporate raider brought down to earth

    The veteran investor has seen bets against a fast-rising market turn sour

  • Thursday, 25 May, 2023
    Illumina Inc
    Illumina chair ousted in proxy battle with Carl Icahn

    Vote to remove John Thompson is the culmination of one of the largest shareholder activism campaigns in years

  • Wednesday, 24 May, 2023
    InterviewIllumina Inc
    Illumina can survive loss of chair and CEO, says board director

    Gene sequencing company heads for pivotal vote in battle with activist investor Carl Icahn

  • Friday, 19 May, 2023
    Due Diligence
    Icahn regrets losing $9bn on short bets Premium content

    Plus, Credit Suisse bondholders get access to AT1 wipeout decree and Geely boosts stake in Aston Martin

  • Thursday, 18 May, 2023
    Carl Icahn admits mistake with bearish bet that cost $9bn

    ‘If I kept the parameters I always believed in . . .  I would have been fine,’ concedes activist

  • Thursday, 11 May, 2023
    An important update on Icahn’s perpetual dividend . . . 

    Jefferies! Hindenburg! Blitzkrieg! Schadenfreude!

  • Wednesday, 10 May, 2023
    Illumina Inc
    Glass Lewis backs Carl Icahn’s push to oust Illumina’s chief and chair

    Proxy adviser says the two executives failed to take responsibility for destructive deal for Grail

  • Wednesday, 10 May, 2023
    Icahn Enterprises LP
    Icahn’s company hit after it reveals inquiry by US prosecutors

    Shares plummet on news US attorney’s office sought information a day after report from short seller Hindenburg Research

  • Thursday, 4 May, 2023
    Lex
    Icahn/Hindenburg: gadfly gets a taste of his own medicine Premium content

    Activist investor strongly denies Hindenburg allegations but he may have a more immediate problem

  • Tuesday, 2 May, 2023
    Icahn Enterprises LP
    Icahn group’s shares tumble after attack by short seller Hindenburg

    Legendary activist investor’s vehicle said to be overvalued in critical report

  • Tuesday, 2 May, 2023
    FT Alphaville
    Hindenburg attack is uncomfortable reading for Icahn’s most loyal friends

    Oh, the humanity . . . 

  • Tuesday, 4 April, 2023
    Illumina Inc
    Illumina battle with regulators threatens cancer breakthrough, warn Grail alumni

    Founding directors say political wrangling causing delays to potentially life-saving blood test

  • Thursday, 30 March, 2023
    Illumina Inc
    Illumina chief’s pay nearly doubles ahead of clash with Carl Icahn

    Francis deSouza was awarded $26.7mn in total pay last year despite drop in genome sequencer’s market value

  • Friday, 17 March, 2023
    Interview
    Carl Icahn urges Fed to keep fighting inflation ‘disease’

    Comments by activist investor come ahead of US central bank’s rate-setting meeting next week

  • Monday, 13 March, 2023
    Illumina Inc
    Carl Icahn takes aim at genome sequencer Illumina over Grail deal

    Company’s shares jump after activist investor launches proxy battle

  • Monday, 27 February, 2023
    News in-depthOccidental Petroleum Corp
    Oxy and Anadarko: how the ‘dumbest deal in history’ paid off for Hollub

    Feared to be facing bankruptcy three years ago, oil producer Occidental is set to report its biggest-ever earnings

  • Thursday, 6 October, 2022
    Due Diligence
    How Elon Musk became Wall Street’s juiciest trade Premium content

    Plus, Lars Windhorst walks off the pitch and a glimpse into Wall Street’s lucrative tax side-hustle

  • Thursday, 26 May, 2022
    Investor activism
    Carl Icahn loses proxy fight with McDonald’s over pig welfare

    Billionaire activist had sought two board seats at fast-food chain in campaign to end caging of sows

  • Monday, 2 May, 2022
    Technology sector
    Further reading

    Fast walking FTW; Carl Icahn; and Elon (again, sigh)

  • Friday, 29 April, 2022
    Moral Money
    Carl Icahn wades into the ESG debate Premium content

    Corporate raider tells us his McDonald’s proxy fight is a vital test case

  • Friday, 1 April, 2022
    News in-depthInvestor activism
    Why some of the most feared activist investors are no longer so hostile

    Prominent veterans of Wall St proxy battles are taking a more low-key approach

  • Monday, 7 March, 2022
    Occidental Petroleum Corp
    Carl Icahn cashes out stake in Occidental 2 years after activist battle

    Oil company’s shares have rebounded since contentious Anadarko Petroleum deal

  • Friday, 25 February, 2022
    Interview
    Consummate corporate raider Carl Icahn tries on a softer side for size

    Latest high profile campaign by the veteran activist investor is over the treatment of pigs in the McDonald’s supply chain

  • Wednesday, 23 February, 2022
    Brooke Masters
    Carl Icahn’s push for happier McDonald’s pigs is just the start

    Investors won’t sit by idly when companies fail to match stakeholder rhetoric and ESG promises with genuine action

  • Tuesday, 22 February, 2022
    Due Diligence
    Hold the bacon: Icahn orders a proxy battle at McDonald’s Premium content

    Plus, Shari Redstone faces new foes in the streaming wars and Brookfield teams up with a tech billionaire to buy Australia’s dirtiest utility giant

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