(Reuters) - First Manhattan Company (FMC) added some heavyweight muscle on Thursday to its bid to shake up the board of drugmaker Vivus Inc <VVUS.O> by naming former Carl Icahn top lieutenant Alex Denner and two others to its slate of proposed nominees. Full story
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Activist investor Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management Inc have initiated talks with banks and asset managers to line up commitments for as much as $7 billion in bridge loans to back their leveraged recapitalization proposal for Dell Inc, banking sources told Thomson Reu Full story
(Reuters) - Herbalife Ltd <HLF.N> said on Tuesday it has engaged PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP <PWC.UL> as its auditor, replacing KPMG in the wake of alleged insider trading. Full story
Transocean Ltd. shareholders have voted out the oil drilling company's chairman and backed one of Carl Icahn's director nominees. Full story
ZUG, Switzerland (Reuters) - Transocean Ltd <RIG.N> shareholders voted out Chairman Michael Talbert at the annual meeting on Friday and backed a nominee of activist investor Carl Icahn to replace him on the board of the world's largest offshore drilling contractor. Full story
The Dell Special Committee has asked Carl Icahn for more information on the deal, with the FMHR team. Meanwhile Michael Harris, Campbell & Co, says investors seem hesitant to sell in May.
Carl Icahn, chairman of Icahn Enterprises, says the PC business is going down, but still there is lots of potential in synergies.
Carl Icahn and Dell's largest independent shareholder, Southeastern will challenge founder Michael Dell's bid to take the struggling computer firm private, with CNBC's Scott Wapner.
Carl Icahn is taking direct aim at Dell and Silverlake's $13.65 offer to take the company private, with Carr Lanphier, analyst at Morningstar, and CNBC's Herb Greenberg.
CNBC's Scott Wapner wonders if activist investor Carl Icahn will be impacted by news Herbalife shares have stopped trading and talks about potential fallout for hedge fund manager Bill Ackman.
Steve Bertoni, associate editor at Forbes, speaks to the "Squawk Box" crew about makes activist investor Carl Icahn tick.
Investor Carl Icahn speaks at the Wall Street Journal Deals & Deal Makers conference, held at the New York Stock Exchange, in this June 27, 2007, file photo. Activist investor Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management Inc have initiated talks with banks and asset managers to begin syndicating a
Investor Carl Icahn speaks at the Wall Street Journal Deals & Deal Makers conference, held at the New York Stock Exchange, in this June 27, 2007, file photo Dell Inc has agreed to give Carl Icahn a closer look at its books less than a week after the activist investor joined a growing chorus of opp
Investor Carl Icahn speaks at the Wall Street Journal Deals & Deal Makers conference, held at the New York Stock Exchange in this June 27, 2007 file photograph. Activist investor Carl Icahn has built a stake of around 100 million shares in Dell Inc and wants the personal computer maker to conduct a
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