Pershing Square Capital Management

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• Icahn ups stake in Herbalife, takes on Ackman

  private may increase Herbalife's share price and put pressure on Ackman, 46, who disclosed in December that his Pershing Square Capital Management Lp had sold short 20 million shares of Herbalife, calling the company a pyramid scheme.In a short sale, an investor   Read more »

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• What To Look For When Investing In J.C. Penney

  per share, cresting at $85 in 2007 then fluctuated between $15 and $40. In mid-2010 the investor, Bill Ackman, Pershing Square Capital Management, began to invest in J.C. Penney and accumulated a 17.2% interest. He became a director. Bill Ackman was dissatisfied 5/23/13 from Seeking Alpha Read more »

• Long Setup in Herbalife Still Attractive; Stock Breaks Out as New Auditor Hired

  end of the year after hedge fund manager Bill Ackman revealed in typical sanctimonious fashion that his firm Pershing Square Capital Management was short around $1 billion worth of the stock. Amid much pomp and circumstance, Ackman laid out his short thesis   from Benzinga.com Read more »

• New breed of Canadian investor activists pushes companies to boost shareholder value

  challengers have often come from outside Canada. Among the most recent examples is Bill Ackman's New York-based Pershing Square Capital Management, which successfully pushed for management and board change at Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. last year. But Canada   from Vancouver Sun Read more »

• Ackman's $90 Million Penthouse Deal

  Ackman, founder and CEO of hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management LP. A group led by hedge-fund manager Bill Ackman is in contract to buy a new Manhattan penthouse apartment for more than $90 million, according to a report by Dow Jones. That appears   from CNBC Read more »

• The Problems With Ackman's Thesis On Procter & Gamble

  a widely covered, influential event in the financial world. This year, activist hedge fund manager Bill Ackman of Pershing Square Capital Management was one of the speakers. His appearance looked set to create a lot of buzz; at an appearance at a Sohn conference   from Seeking Alpha Read more »