FedEx: Fertile Ground For Ackman's Activism? Analysts Don't Think So
Founder Fred Smith owns a slug of company stock and probably has the backing of long-term investors, analysts say.
View ArticleBill Ackman's Herbalife Nightmare Gets 100 Percent Worse
Herbalife's stock is now up about 100% in 2013 and that's bad new for the hedge fund manager who is shorting the stock in a massive way.
View ArticleAckman Tries To Poke Holes In Herbalife's Big Second Quarter
Hedge fund manager calls results into question ahead of conference call.
View ArticleHedge Fund Billionaire Bill Ackman Crushed On Last Day Of July That Did Not...
Bill Ackman Billionaire hedge fund manager William Ackman chose the morning of the last day of July to announce his biggest investment ever, a $2.2 billion bet his Pershing Square hedge fund made to...
View ArticleWhy George Soros' Investment In Herbalife Is Terrible News For Bill Ackman
Bill Ackman's Pershing Square hedge fund has suffered an estimated $650 million in paper losses on its big Herbalife short in 2013.
View ArticleJ.C.Penney: Finally, A Resolution
The melodrama that William Ackman caused at J.C.Penney ended with his resignation from the board as of August 12, 2013. His personal actions had affected everyone and added great uncertainty. He is...
View ArticleStocks Creep Higher: DOJ Blocks Airline Deal, Apple Gets Icahn Bump
Ackman off J.C. Penney board; Icahn reveals Apple holding on Twitter; feds try to ground airline deal.
View ArticleDan Loeb Debuts Third Point Reinsurance On NYSE
Activist hedge fund manager launches tax-friendly source of investment capital.
View ArticleAfter Leaving J.C. Penney Board, Ackman Paves Path To Sell Stake
Retailer files agreement that allows hedge fund four requests to register stock sales.
View ArticleInterest-Rate Fears Drag Down Howard Hughes Corp.: Buying Opportunity?
Howard Hughes Corp. is a real estate company with a compensation structure as quirky as its namesake.
View ArticleAckman Takes Big Hit With J.C. Penney Sale After Grand Plan Fails
Billionaire cuts bait at retailer after fumbled turnaround effort.
View ArticleThe Biggest Names In The Investment Business Are Piling Into J.C. Penney
Larry Robbins is the latest big name hedge fund manager to increase his bet on J.C. Penney and his wager is a big one. Robbins’ Glenview Capital Management hedge fund has taken a position of 20.1...
View ArticleThe Newest Player In The Herbalife Drama Is A Stock Buyback Pioneer Who...
William Stiritz, who has personally taken a 5% stake in Herbalife, is the marketing genius and financier whose finger prints can be found on brands like Energizer, Purina Puppy Chow and Post Raisin...
View ArticleBig Hedge Fund Names Boost J.C. Penney's Stock
Shares of J.C. Penney jumped by more than 6% in Wednesday trading to $13.50.
View ArticleThe Broadening Coalition Backing Herbalife In Its Battle With Bill Ackman
Antonio Villaraigosa and Bill Stiritz are the latest big names to throw their support behind the nutritional supplements seller.
View ArticleThe Auditing Front In The Herbalife War
Bill Ackman's letter to PricewaterhouseCoopers is designed to make it impossible for Herbalife to conduct a big debt-funded share buyback.
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