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  • Billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn holds a martini glass while attending the Leveraged Finance Fights Melanoma charity event in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, May 19, 2015. Lyft Inc. is worth more than its recent $2 billion valuation, based on the $50 billion value of larger car-hailing rival Uber Technologies Inc., Icahn said, after he led a fundraising round at Lyft last week. Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    Meme stock GameStop’s massive stock collapse is making billionaire investor Carl Icahn very happy

    By Scott Deveau, Bailey Lipschultz, and others
  • DELIVERING ALPHA — Pictured: Carl Icahn, Icahn Enterprises Chairman during his keynote at the 6th annual CNBC Institutional Investor Delivering Alpha Conference on Tuesday, September 13, 2016 at the Pierre Hotel in New York — (Photo by: Heidi Gutman/CNBC/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images)Finance

    Musk’s U-turn on Twitter has investors like billionaire Carl Icahn laughing all the way to the bank

    By Yiqin Shen, Scott Deveau, and others
  • Spirit Airlines planeFinance

    Frontier and JetBlue are at a stalemate in months-long merger battle for Spirit

    By Mary Schlangenstein, Scott Deveau, and others
  • NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 09: Bill Ackman, investor, watches as Emma Raducanu of Great Britain plays against Maria Sakkari of Greece during their Women’s Singles semifinals match on Day Eleven of the 2021 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 09, 2021 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)Finance

    Bill Ackman liquidates largest SPAC ever and returns $4 billion to investors as blank-check era fades

    By Scott Deveau, Michael Hytha, and others
  • Carl IcahnFinance

    Carl Icahn’s campaign for McDonald’s to treat pigs better fails with just 1% shareholder support as racial audit gets go-ahead

    By Scott Deveau, Leslie Patton, and others
  • John Foley, chairman and chief executive officer of Peloton Interactive Inc., speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019. Peloton Interactive Inc. tumbled after frustrating investors with a focus on growth rather than profitability. Photographer: Christopher Goodney/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTech

    One of Peloton’s investors is set to call for CEO John Foley’s firing, as shares sink 80% from its all-time high

    By Scott Deveau and Bloomberg
  • Signage is displayed on the exterior of Rogers Communications Inc. headquarters in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on Wednesday, May 17, 2017. Rogers Communications, Canada’s largest wireless carrier, is leveraging organic growth in the country’s wireless market to expand its subscriber base. Photographer: Brent Lewin/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesLeadership

    A Canadian telecomm giant is locked in a real life season of Succession

    By Derek Decloet, Scott Deveau, and others
  • Arts & Entertainment

    Universal Music owner Vivendi in talks to sell stake to Bill Ackman’s SPAC

    By Scott Deveau, Lucas Shaw, and others
  • Billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn attends the Leveraged Finance Fights Melanoma charity event in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, May 19, 2015. Lyft Inc. is worth more than its recent $2 billion valuation, based on the $50 billion value of larger car-hailing rival Uber Technologies Inc., Icahn said, after he led a fundraising round at Lyft last week. Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    Carl Icahn says he may invest over $1 billion into an alternative currency

    By Scott Deveau and Bloomberg
  • Clubhouse Drop-in audio chat app logo on the App Store is seen displayed on a phone screen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on April 6, 2021.Tech

    Twitter held discussions for $4 billion acquisition of Clubhouse

    By Katie Roof, Kurt Wagner, and others
  • The logo for Robinhood is displayed on a smartphone in an arranged photograph taken in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., on Monday, Oct. 12, 2020. Even though the firm said this year that it has more than doubled its customer-service team, clients complain they’re struggling to get quick help when their funds are disappearing. Photographer: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    Robinhood asks banks to pitch for potential 2021 IPO

    By Bloomberg, Chrystal Tse, and others
  • HP Inc.'s headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif.Finance

    Xerox escalates HP takeover fight with push to replace board

    By Scott Deveau and Bloomberg
  • HP Inc Announces It Will Cut 9,000 Jobs Over 3 Years In Restructuring PlanTech

    Xerox Gets Aggressive in Pursuing a Tie-Up With HP

    By Nico Grant, Scott Deveau, and others
  • LVMH Group chief financial officer (CFO) Jean-Jacques Guiony poses during a photo session at the former Samaritaine shopping center in Paris, on November 19, 2019. - Closed 15 years ago, the Samaritaine will reopen in April 2020 as a complex including a department store, a 5-star hotel, social housing units, offices, and a childrens nursery. (Photo by Martin BUREAU / AFP) (Photo by MARTIN BUREAU/AFP via Getty Images)International

    LVMH and Tiffany Are Talking Merger After Louis Vuitton Made Its Offer $1.2 Billion More Luxurious

    By Scott Deveau, Ed Hammond, and others
  • AT&T rallied the most in 10 years after Elliott Management Corp. urged a shake-up.Finance

    ‘There Will Be a Fight’: AT&T Stock Soars As Activist Investor Looks to Shake Things Up

    By Scott Deveau and Bloomberg