Carl Icahn

Investors flock to Occidental jumbo-bond sale

Order book for 10-part $13bn offering hits $78bn as demand surges

Google parent Alphabet overtakes Apple to become new king of cash

Switch comes on back of concerted efforts from Apple to reduce reserves

Eldorado Resorts buys rival Caesars for about $8.58bn

Hotel and casino operator pushed towards sale by activist investor Carl Icahn

MacKenzie Bezos promises to give away billions

Novelist became world’s fourth richest woman after divorce from Jeff Bezos

Investors pay the price when egos rule for fund managers

Research shows investors should also be wary of firms headed by egotistical chiefs

Lyft beats rival Uber to go public, and offers shares to drivers

Car-booking company has 18.6m active users, and doubled its revenues to €1.89bn

CRH shares jump as Europe’s largest activist investor reveals stake

Cevian reveals stake as AllianceBernstein analysts say materials giant has ‘lost its way’

Dell sticking with $21.7bn plan to go public despite objections

Dell plans to buy its tracking stock DVMT arguing that the move benefits shareholders

Carl Icahn boosts stake in Dell IPO standoff

Activist investor looks to block a proposed plan by the computer maker to return to the public market without an IPO

Dell gives investors a look at its post-private future

Dell is trying to convince investors to back a deal that would take the company public

Michael Dell to bring his company public with $35bn stake

New valuation would be ten times what Dell’s holding was worth five years ago

Xerox calls off $6.1bn sale to Fujifilm

Control of company now in hands of activist investors

Hertz gears up for bigger-than-expected loss as overhaul costs rise

The rental-car company spends heavily on the SUVs that drivers demand

Fujifilm to cut 10,000 jobs at Xerox joint venture

Photocopier firm reported to be near deal that would cede control to Fujifilm

Philip Lane boosts ECB job case with mortgage rules tweak

Meanwhile, speculation over Bitcoin rumbles on amid 1,400% surge in space of a year

Trading truisms and time-tested investment adages

Many memorable one-liners have emerged from Wall Street, offering intriguing insights into the approaches of both long-term investors and short-term traders

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