Icahn News

Herbalife Ltd said it is giving three more board seats to Carl Icahn, its biggest shareholder, at a time short-sellers are attacking the nutrition and weight loss company's busine...

Activist investor Carl Icahn on Wednesday called on eBay Inc to sell 20 percent of its PayPal payments unit in an initial public offering, a change in tack from his previous call for a complete spinoff.

Billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn said Wednesday that corporate governance at e-commerce giant eBay Inc., in which he is a shareholder, was the worst he had ever seen.

Activist investor Carl Icahn is demanding a review of eBay Inc's records on its sale of Skype, reiterating his view that eBay board member Marc Andreessen had conflicts of interest, while eBay called Ic...

Carl Icahn's campaign to convince eBay Inc to spin off its PayPal payments service will intensify in the run-up to eBay's shareholders' meeting in May, eBay's chief executive said on Thursday, warning employees to ignore the "...

New York - EBay accused Wall Street activist Carl Icahn of playing with the truth Wednesday as it defended itself against a fresh assault on the company's directors."Carl Icahn doesn't let the truth get in the way of a good story," the company said after Icahn re...

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn accused eBay Inc Chief Executive John Donahoe of failing to spot - or ignoring - conflicts of interest on the company's board and called again for the spi...

Billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn has backed off from his campaign urging Apple Inc to increase its stock buybacks, citing the company's recent repurchases as well as an influential proxy adviser's call...

New York - Activist investor Carl Icahn said Monday he would no longer press Apple to boost its share buyback plan after a proxy advisory firm recommended against his proposal.

San Francisco - Activist investor Carl Icahn fired off word on Tuesday that he beefed up his Apple stock holdings by a half-billion dollars as the share price dipped."Just bought $500 mln more $AAPL shares," Icahn said in a message on Twitter.

New York - Activist investor Carl Icahn said Wednesday he has invested some $3 billion in Apple, and claimed the tech giant is "doing a disservice to shareholders" by not increasing its share buyback.

OK, so the words “Microsoft” and “subtlety” aren’t synonyms. Yahoo’s rejection of the current sledgehammer-like offer, however, has shown a few wrinkles that weren’t entirely obvious before. Carl Icahn is now a player, as many suspected.

Yahoo released a statement today about its rejection of the partial offer from Microsoft and Carl Icahn. They told Microsoft to buy them out entirely at a price of $33 per share.

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has officially threatened to take over Yahoo's board with $2.5 billion in stock if they do not revive takeover talks with Microsoft over its failed $47.5 billion bid.