Tag Archives: television-stations


Hedge fund pushes Yahoo to sell search unit

December 11, 2008 : Permalink

San Francisco Chronicle – A major investor called on Yahoo Inc. to sell its search business to Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday, adding to the pressure on the Sunnyvale Web portal to restart talks with its rival. Meanwhile, Yahoo agreed to […]

Icahn Ups His Stake in Yahoo, Stocks Rally

December 1, 2008 : Permalink

New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Activist investor Carl Icahn purchased another 6.8 million shares of Yahoo stock last week at a price tag of about $67 million, further boosting his already vast stake in the company to almost 5.5 percent.  According […]

DILLARD’S HEATED AT HEDGIES

October 31, 2008 : Permalink

New York Post – Three board members at the embattled Dillard’s department-store chain lashed out at a pair of hedge funds that are agitating to oust the retailer’s top management. In a rare public statement, the Dillard’s trio of independent […]

Dillard’s Board Members Reject Hedge Fund Advances

October 31, 2008 : Permalink

New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Three Dillard’s Inc board members rejected a plea from hedge funds to have the company’s CEO, William Dillard II, booted from the chair.  Barington Capital Group LP and Clinton Group Inc. had been calling for the […]

Proxy advisory firm backs hedge funds’ nominees for CSX board

June 20, 2008 : Permalink

Bizjourmals.com- The country’s largest proxy advisory company recommended the election of four of the five board members nominated by hedge funds engaged in a proxy contest with CSX Corp. The Children’s Investment Fund Management LLP and 3G Capital Partners Ltd. […]