Displaying items by tag: Icahn
Monday, 13 October 2014 05:54
Apple shares not worth enough, says major investor
Legendary US investor Carl Icahn, who owns a billion dollars’ worth of Apple shares, says the company should be worth twice what it is and wants CEO Tim Cook to give the go ahead to buy back US$100 billion worth of shares.
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Listed Tech
Tuesday, 20 August 2013 06:06
Dell’s profits plunge as privatisation battle continues
The ugly battle over Dell’s privatisation has taken another turn. In the midst of it all the struggling company has reported a massive 72% drop in its profits. It seems customers are not impressed with the shenanigans.
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Wednesday, 24 March 2010 14:04
Yahoo! director to stand down
John Chapple will not stand for re-election to the Yahoo! board at the next stockholders' meeting.
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People Moves
Tuesday, 27 October 2009 12:53
Icahn leaves Yahoo! board and takes a bath
Carl Icahn has quit from Yahoo!'s board of directors, and may have lost more than $US100 million on the company's shares. He became involved as a result of Microsoft's attempt to acquire Yahoo in 2008.
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Monday, 01 December 2008 07:02
I think Icahn push up Yahoo! stock price
Reports that billionaire Carl Icahn had bought a further $US67 million of Yahoo! stock led to a significant rise in the company's share price late last week.
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Monday, 18 August 2008 05:25
Yahoo! board completes restructure
Changes to Yahoo!'s board of directors have been completed with the appointment of Frank Biondi and John Chapple.
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Monday, 04 August 2008 08:34
Yahoo! board gets the nod from shareholders
All nine of the Yahoo! directors standing for re-election at the company's annual meeting last Friday were approved by shareholders - even Robert Kotick, who had already announced that his resignation would take effect immediately after the meeting.
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Tuesday, 22 July 2008 03:54
Icahn gets on board at Yahoo! - so what's next?
The Yahoo! board has reached an accommodation with investor Carl Icahn that will see one of their number step down. Hint: It's not Bostock or Yang.
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Strategy
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Friday, 18 July 2008 03:55
Yahoo! accuses Microsoft and Icahn of sabotage
Yahoo!'s dynamic duo, Roy Bostock and Jerry Yang have lashed out at "odd couple" Microsoft and Carl Icahn in a lengthy open letter to shareholders, accusing the pair of threatening to destroy shareholder value.
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Monday, 14 July 2008 10:34
Yahoo! rips into 'ludicrous, absurd' Microsoft/Icahn offer
Yahoo! has rejected yet another Microsoft deal, this time one hatched in conjunction with super-investor Carl Icahn. The Yahoo! board has labelled the proposal "ludicrous" and "absurd", but would those terms be better applied to their own actions instead?
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Wednesday, 09 July 2008 04:08
The full skinny: all the text, of all the letters, between Icahn, Microsoft and Yahoo!
With the failed Microsoft acquisition of Yahoo! given a fresh injection of oomph by Carl Icahn we reveal just who said what to whom in the ongoing war of words that could result in the biggest and most audacious technology sector hijacking the world has ever seen.
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