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Icahn Tries To Replace Four Chesapeake Directors
Carl Icahn has used the mess at Chesapeake Energy (NYSE: CHK) to try to take four board seats. Chesapeake’s shares have cratered because of trouble involving the side-by-side investments of its … more →
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Icahn Tries To Replace Four Chesapeake Directors
wrote 2 days ago: Carl Icahn has used the mess at Chesapeake Energy (NYSE: CHK) to try to take four board seats. Chesa … more →
AOL is an unsuccessful media company that overpays its executive team, activist investor says
wrote 3 days ago: Unlike Yahoo, AOL’s activist shareholders won’t be able to boot out the company’s … more →
SEC Charges Another Ponzi Scheme, $157 Million in Florida
wrote 5 days ago: Bernie Madoff is alive in prison, but his extreme Ponzi scheme living has led to more and charges br … more →
Icahn Now Owns 80% of CVR Energy
wrote 1 week ago: Investor Carl Icahn now holds about 80% of oil refiner and fertilizer maker CVR Energy Inc. (NYSE: C … more →
New Board at Canadian Pacific Wastes No Time
wrote 1 week ago: The 16-member board of directors of Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. (NYSE: CP) today includes 7 new me … more →
Hedge Fund Stock Picks: Whale Hunting of the Kingmakers
wrote 1 week ago: 24/7 Wall St. published the full list of positions already for Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway … more →
Big Shareholder Attacks Pepsi
wrote 1 week ago: Shareholder activist firm Relational Investors has bought $600 million of PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP) share … more →
S&P Drops Chesapeake’s Credit Rating
wrote 1 week ago: Ratings agency Standard & Poor’s this morning lowered the corporate credit rating of Chesapeake … more →
Chesapeake Discloses CEO Well Participation Dollar Amounts... Huge!
wrote 2 weeks ago: SEC filings are often long and full of details that make most investors have a glassing-over look in … more →
Nelson Peltz Joins Warren Buffett With Ingersoll-Rand (IR, BRK-A, BRK-B)
wrote 2 weeks ago: Ingersoll-Rand Plc (NYSE: IR) is often overlooked as a key company despite a nearly $13 billion mark … more →
Chesapeake's Largest Shareholder Gets More Aggressive (CHK)
wrote 2 weeks ago: Southeastern Asset Management, Inc. is getting aggressive against Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYS … more →
Most Likely Stock Purchases By Warren Buffett & Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A, BRK-B, CVS, DVA, DTV, DG, GD, INTC, IBM, LMCA, V, WFC)
wrote 3 weeks ago: Warren Buffett hosted the Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) over the weekend and this Monday mor … more →
Sprint CEO Takes Pay Cut To Exclude iPhone Gains... Is An Ouster Next? (S, AAPL, PCS)
wrote 3 weeks ago: It is no secret that Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE: S) is in trouble. CEO Dan Hesse has been unde … more →
SIRIUS Wins Round Of Retaining Control (SIRI, LMCA)
wrote 3 weeks ago: SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) has been at the center of a process that would have fallen under … more →
When CEO Educational Backgrounds Come Under Fire (YHOO, EBAY)
wrote 3 weeks ago: Third Point LLC’ Dan Loeb is now attacking Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) over what is a highly un … more →
What 'The Scream' Record Sale Means For Art & Collectibles (BID, AMZN, EBAY)
wrote 3 weeks ago: Sotheby’s (NYSE: BID) is almost magically trading lower this morning on a sell-the-news reacti … more →
Jana Already Taking Big Profits in Barnes & Noble (BKS, MSFT, LMCA)
wrote 3 weeks ago: Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) may be back in favor after the huge $600 million or so investmen … more →
Second Look: Is There Any Real Value Left In Savient? (SVNT, DNDN, SVNT)
wrote 3 weeks ago: Savient Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: SVNT) already had problems before a fund called Tang Capital … more →
Options Take: Pressure To Remain On Wal-Mart Woes (WMT, TGT, DG, BIG)
wrote 1 month ago: Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) is still deep in the soup. Since the news broke over the weekend o … more →
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