Carl IcahnMichael Nagle
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Carl Icahn unleashed
Flush with cash and at the top of his game, the legendary investor is waging war with companies to make them part with theirs.
Won't go quietly
The New York Times reports that Ray Lane's departure as chair of Hewlett Packard's board of directors was far less amicable than it seemed. According to insiders, Lane came close to being pushed out before finally relenting.
S.E.C. names new enforcement leader
Andrew J. Ceresney has been named co-head of the commission's enforcement arm on Monday.
Regulations to cost banks $17-billion
Global investment banks are set to lose $17-billion in trading revenue due to new regulations, and some may be forced to exit the bond trading business entirely, according to a Deutsche Bank report released on Monday.
Hedge funds going long on gold
After the recent 13 per cent drop in gold prices, hedge fund managers and other speculators appear to be buying on the dip.
'Silver Lake is in a corner'
The conditions attached to Silver Lake Management's buyout proposal for Dell Inc. are so stringent that they may have to stick with the deal even as the PC market implodes.
Everyone wants to be a REIT these days
Private prisons, billboards and casinos are all becoming REITs.
(Jody White is the Web Editor for Streetwise.)
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