Almost exactly one day ago, when we noted that Icahn Enterprises has just sold a new batch of bonds, we predicted that the billionaire activist would follow through with a fresh volley of tweets:
More tweets coming? Icahn sells bonds for “general partnership purposes” http://t.co/VJSKWSjlFO
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) January 21, 2014
And sure enough, less than 24 hours later, here comes the now well-known Icahn Tweet-pump
Since tweeting about our large position in $AAPL on Aug 13, when the stock was 468 per share, we’ve kept buying shares of this ‘no brainer.’
— Carl Icahn (@Carl_C_Icahn) January 22, 2014
Since tweeting about our large position in $AAPL on Aug 13, when the stock was 468 per share, we’ve kept buying shares of this ‘no brainer.’
— Carl Icahn (@Carl_C_Icahn) January 22, 2014
We feel $APPL board is doing great disservice to shareholders by not having markedly increased its buyback. In-depth letter to follow soon.
— Carl Icahn (@Carl_C_Icahn) January 22, 2014
Good luck Carl: we realize it is an “ego thing” to go activist on the biggest public company out there, and bend it to your will, but this one will take a whole lot more than just a few hollow “highly confident letters” from Jefferies to get over the hump.
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