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Ronald D. Orol's Blog: April 2008
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Ronald D. Orol's Blog. News and analysis about the investment styles of activist hedge fund managers. Wednesday, April 30, 2008. Icahn plus SWF = Time Warner cable division sale. A public activist effort that Carl Icahn began in 2005 and one that involved a sovereign wealth fund finally is coming to fruition. A little known fact about Icahn’s efforts to break up Time Warner: He cooperated with a sovereign wealth fund in Dubai to press Time Warner to a sale. According to a Feb 16, 2006 Schedule 13D filed ...
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Ronald D. Orol's Blog: August 2008
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Ronald D. Orol's Blog. News and analysis about the investment styles of activist hedge fund managers. Thursday, August 28, 2008. Steel Partners closer to Goal at Point Blank. Activist turned private equity investor Warren Lichtenstein is one step closer to his goal of buying body armor maker Point Blank Solutions Inc. or having it consider strategic options, including a sale. Steel Partners, which has a 9.6% Point Blank stake, offered last year to buy the company for $281 million. The company rej...One d...
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Ronald D. Orol's Blog: Activists beware!
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Ronald D. Orol's Blog. News and analysis about the investment styles of activist hedge fund managers. Friday, February 25, 2011. The SEC may soon move to require activist hedge fund managers to disclose more quickly the stakes they take in companies whose management they are trying to shake up. Good for companies, bad for activists. Check out my article here. Posted by Ronald D. Orol. Friday, February 25, 2011. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Picture of Me Signing Books. BOOK REVIEWS ARE IN:. As the ...
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Ronald D. Orol's Blog: November 2008
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Ronald D. Orol's Blog. News and analysis about the investment styles of activist hedge fund managers. Thursday, November 6, 2008. The Securities and Exchange Commission will be a key regulator as Washington continues to restructure itself in response to the expanding financial crisis. SEC Chairman Christopher Cox has called for a combination of the agency and the Commodities Futures Trading Commission, a key part of Paulson’s blueprint for regulatory reform. Posted by Ronald D. Orol. One glimmer of posit...
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Ronald D. Orol's Blog: Congressional Shifts on Capitol Hill
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Ronald D. Orol's Blog. News and analysis about the investment styles of activist hedge fund managers. Wednesday, November 5, 2008. Congressional Shifts on Capitol Hill. When Democrats lost seats in the 2002 midterm congressional election, then House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt quietly decided not to run for re-election for that position. Once Obama’s chief of staff is chosen, expect his White House staff and cabinet officials to be chosen quickly, in the next couple weeks. Picture of Me Signing Books.
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Ronald D. Orol's Blog: June 2008
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Ronald D. Orol's Blog. News and analysis about the investment styles of activist hedge fund managers. Wednesday, June 25, 2008. TCI: Four of our Five Nominees Are Elected to CSX's Board. However, the news from the CSX camp was very different: "The outcome of the election of directors at CSX's 2008 annual meeting of shareholders is too close to call at this time. The annual meeting will reconvene at 10 am ET on Friday July 25.". It's unclear at this stage exactly how close the election was, but CSX is lik...
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Ronald D. Orol's Blog: May 2008
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Ronald D. Orol's Blog. News and analysis about the investment styles of activist hedge fund managers. Friday, May 30, 2008. Inferior Class Activist says "No" to Family Discount. Discovery Equity Partners LP is hoping institutional investors recognize that investors are being kept down by a dual-class structure at a Florida broadcaster, Spanish Broadcasting System Inc. Now the insurgent fund manager has some high-profile help. The insurgents recognize their "just vote no" campaign won't have any binding i...
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