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<title>Icahn: investors 'literally getting screwed' by Silver Lake Dell offer</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/05/10/counter.offer.allows.shareholders.to.keep.shares.pays.significant.dividend/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1351719029_icahn-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Investor Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management have proposed a new offer to Dell shareholders, who are considering a proposal by founder Michael Dell's group of investors, including Microsoft, to purchase existing shares at $13.65 each in order to take the company private. In a letter to Dell's board of directors, Icahn and Southeastern are counter-proposing a deal to give all Dell sharehol...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 21:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Blackstone pulls Dell offer, citing earnings, sales drop</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/04/19/carl.icahn.michael.dell.offers.still.alive/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1360616009_dellwithMD-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Blackstone Group is ending its offer for control of Dell, citing a 14-percent drop in PC sales for the first quarter of 2013 and a lower earnings forecast for the current financial year. The withdrawal of Blackstone leaves founder Michael Dell and equity partner Silver Lake to fight with Carl Icahn for ownership of the PC manufacturer....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Icahn continues pursuit of Dell, refuses to take proxy fight off table</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/04/06/icahn.still.pursuing.all.options.in.negotiations.with.the.special.committee/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1351719029_icahn-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Carl Icahn is continuing his quest to take a part in the future of Dell, or at least make a hefty profit off the effort the company is making to go private. The investor is refusing to rule out the possibility of a proxy fight to compel Dell to pay a large dividend to shareholders, despite the board's request that he cease the threat and make a formal bid for the company....]]></description>
<guid>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/04/06/icahn.still.pursuing.all.options.in.negotiations.with.the.special.committee/</guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 06 Apr 2013 20:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dell proxy filing sheds light on Icahn, Blackstone offers</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/03/30/filing.sees.great.risk.in.remaining.public.including.company.breakup/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1358365443_michaeldell-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[In a preliminary proxy statement issued to shareholders on Friday, Dell warned that it would be a risky path for the company to take a lot of debt and remain public, assuming existing profit levels and market trends remain the same. The 274-page statement informs Dell shareholders of how the Silver Lake Partners deal was assembled, and why it feels the deal is the best of all the alternatives befo...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 30 Mar 2013 16:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dell receives two alternate offers just before deal deadline</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/03/24/carl.icahn.blackstone.behind.competing.offers/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1364139452_annoyeddell-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[According to reports, Dell has received two or more offers opposing the $24.4 billion deal on the table to take the company private. As expected, the Blackstone Group submitted a preliminary offer prior to Saturday's expiration, under the terms of the "go shop" clause in the agreement, which allowed Dell to seek other suitors. A second offer was received by investor Carl Icahn who purchased a l...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 24 Mar 2013 15:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Carl Icahn signs nondisclosure, accesses Dell accounting</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/03/11/latest.step.advances.icahns.agenda.extant.deal.likely.to.be.modified/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1363033709_carlicahn-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[New Dell investor Carl Icahn has agreed to sign the confidentiality agreement in order to allow access to the company's financial information. The investor is part of a larger group intending on torpedoing the current offer of $13.65 per share to take the company private. Dell's stock currently stands at $14.27, climbing on the news of Icahn's involvement in negotiations....]]></description>
<guid>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/03/11/latest.step.advances.icahns.agenda.extant.deal.likely.to.be.modified/</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Carl Icahn owns six percent of Dell, likely to oppose buyout</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/03/06/new.investors.own.20.percent.of.the.texas.computer.manufacturer/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1362607235_carlicahn-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Investor Carl Icahn has recently purchased 100 million shares of Dell, giving him a six percent stake in the company. While Icahn himself has no comment on his intention, sources familiar with the situation have claimed that he has met with advisors to Dell's special committee, and have urged them to pursue a one-time dividend to shareholders. Additionally, Icahn is likely to throw in with Southea...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 21:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Investor Icahn said snapping up $300m of LightSquare debt </title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/01/20/could.pressure.lte.provider.to.sell.off.assets/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1201/lightsquared-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Veteran corporate raider/investor Carl Icahn may have grabbed some of LightSquared's debt. Reuters, citing several sources familiar with the matter, reports that Icahn, along with two others, bought up a total of $300 million of the troubled LTE network provider's loan obligations over the course of 2011. Icahn has declined to comment....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 22:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dish, activist investor in running to buy Blockbuster</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/04/01/dish.and.icahn.part.of.bidding.for.blockbuster/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1103/blockbuster.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The bidding to buy out Blockbuster now includes Dish Network and well-known activist investor Carl Icahn, insiders claimed Friday.  The two are both supposedly making just the minimum bid, around $290 million, to qualify for the auction before it starts in earnest on Monday.  The WSJ in scraping information was warned that new bidders could come into play or make unions with each other....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Yahoo board survives shareholder vote</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/08/04/yahoo.board.survives.vote/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0808/yahoomessenger.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Yahoo investors at the company's shareholders meeting have voted to keep executives suggested through a last-minute deal with activist investor Carl Icahn.  The vote keeps nearly all of the existing leaders of the company and showed an unexpected level of confidence in particularly vocal opponents of Microsoft's initial takeover bid for Yahoo, including company CEO Jerry Yang and chairman Roy Bost...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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