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Posts Tagged ‘Carl Icahn’

Now What?

By Denis Campbell • Jul 20th, 2008 • Category: Business

(Reprise article)
The fish at the end of the Pixar film “Finding Nemo” bob on the surface of Sydney Harbour in plastic bags unable to break through to the big ocean below them. The executive teams at Microsoft and Yahoo! seem in a similar situation and face much bigger hurdles whether or not they eventually merge.
Carl [...]



Budweiser, Leuven Belgium

By Denis Campbell • Jul 14th, 2008 • Category: Lead Story

Like Labatts and Brahma Beer before her, Stellaaaa’s! (Artois that is) parent company In-Bev got thirsty and gulped down St. Louis, Missouri based Budweiser Beer in one chug for a cool $52 billion dollars. Ouch.
Long the butt of Dutch jokes (in true Oklahoma vs. Texas style), Belgians are starting to flex their global financial muscles. [...]



Umm, Jerry… a 72% Premium was Enough for Carl

By Denis Campbell • May 17th, 2008 • Category: Business

You have vexed him. Don’t do that.
The letter Carl Icahn sent last week to Yahoo! Board of Directors announcing his plans to launch a proxy fight, should give CEO Jerry Yang reason to stock-up on poison pills. Jerry, you will earn a very good return and I’d get used to the idea that you will soon be sipping pina coladas [...]