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Netflix adopts poison pill to fend off Icahn
CNNNetflix on Monday said it has adopted a "stockholder rights plan" designed to prevent activist shareholders from launching a hostile takeover. The plan, known to investors as a "poison pill," would kick in if an individual or group tried to buy a sizable...Tags: Redbox, News Agency, Microsoft Corporation, Google Inc., Hulu
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Carl Icahn's $3 billion Oshkosh bid rejected as 'low-ball price'
Specialty truck maker Oshkosh Corp. rejected a takeover bid by billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn, calling the $32.50-a-share offer “unsolicited, inadequate, highly conditional and opportunistic.” The Wisconsin company’s board...
Tags: JLG Industries Incorporated, New Products
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Activist investor Carl Icahn taps his poison pen to fight Navistar's poison pill
Navistar, the Lisle-based truck-maker that's still spinning its wheels after finally abandoning an engine redesign that failed to meet emissions standards, has redoubled efforts to eliminate what it considers another pollutant. Activist investor Carl...
Tags: Corporate Officers, Shareholders, Blockbuster, Companies and Corporations, Economy, Business and Finance
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Downtown Las Vegas' El Cortez and Plaza beckon anew
Quick quiz: How many Vegas-goers you know prefer staying downtown?
Grandma and Grandpa may have raved about 99-cent shrimp cocktails back in the day and sworn that Binion's was the only place for real gamblers, but the '80s brought the bigness and...Tags: Martin Scorsese, Apple iPod, Sharon Stone, Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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Motorola Solutions CEO seems to thrive on being underrated, beating odds
Tribune staff reporterWhen Motorola Inc. first came courting Greg Brown, he wasn't interested. The year was 1998 and Brown, a division president at Ameritech in Chicago, was weighing an offer from Motorola against one from Micromuse, a publicly traded software company in...Tags: Electronic Data Systems Corporation, Google Inc., Basketball, Government, General Motors Corp.
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Top hedge fund managers made $14.4 billion in 2011: a 35% pay cut
Ray Dalio of Bridgewater Associates took home $3.9 billion last year. Fellow investment kings Carl Icahn and James Simons each made off with more than $2 billion. To the average plebeian, that’s a lot of money. But for the top 25 hedge fund earners...
Tags: James Simons, SAC Capital Advisors, Mutual Funds, Google+, Ray Dalio
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Yahoo board picks spark 'distracting' proxy fight from investor
Yahoo Inc., in an attempt to “reshape and refocus” itself, appointed three new independent directors to its board, including a top executive from American Express Co. But the move isn’t passing muster with activist investor Daniel Loeb,...
Tags: NBCUniversal, Google Inc., Companies and Corporations, Carol Bartz, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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Lions Gate, Summit homing in on key details for proposed merger
Company TownLions Gate Entertainment and Summit Entertainment are homing in on key details of a merger plan as executives on both sides press to reach an agreement by the end of the year, said knowledgeable people who requested anonymity because the...... -
Summit investors considered major expansion before selling
Company Town"Twilight" studio Summit's investors considered major expansion before selling to Lions Gate.... -
'Hunger Games' to deliver more than $300 million in profit to Lions Gate
Company TownThe blockbuster opening weekend of "The Hunger Games" — which debuted with an estimated $155 million — will ultimately lead to more than $300 million in profit for independent studio Lionsgate, analysts predicted Sunday. And with three sequels... -
Summit Entertainment, Lions Gate said to be back in merger talks
Company TownLions Gate Entertainment and Summit Entertainment are back in merger talks that would combine two of Hollywood’s largest independent studios, according to people with knowledge of the negotiations who are not authorized to speak publicly. Should a...
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