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Kudos to Bill Ackman for coming forward with his short position in Herbalife (HLF) shares.
Hedge fund manager Bill Ackman hammered away at Herbalife in a three-hour presentation Thursday.
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Herbalife remained in focus, as the trade continues to move against hedge fund manager Bill Ackman in 2013.
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He started 2013 by locking horns with hedge fund trader Bill Ackman over Herbalife, the nutritional supplement seller Herbalife.
Maybe they were cowed by Bill Ackman and Steven Roth, the two activists.
On the one side, Bill Ackman, who publicly revealed his short on December 20 at a special Ira Sohn conference.
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The investment world has been abuzz about the Herbalife standoff between hedge-fund titans Bill Ackman of Pershing Square Capital, and Carl Icahn.
In October, activist hedge fund investor Bill Ackman disclosed that, along with Vornado Realty Trust, he had acquired a 17% stake in J.
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His name was Bill Ackman, the hedge fund impresario who had, that very week, launched Pershing Square Capital Management 6, 500 miles away in Manhattan.
Ever since the drama over Herbalife began, some people on Wall Street have been wondering about what Bill Ackman was up to.
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Would you beat the market if you knew the investment portfolio of Warren Buffett, David Einhorn, David Loeb, Bill Ackman, and other billionaires?
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The Herbalife drama continues to unfold, taking on Hollywood-esque tones as investors Bill Ackman and Carl Icahn duked it out on live television.
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Icahn found himself back in the news before the week was out, thanks to a televised telephonic slugfest with fellow hedge fund manager Bill Ackman Friday.
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The development comes at a difficult time for Herbalife, which has been at the centre of a dispute between well known investors Bill Ackman and Carl Icahn.
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Bill Ackman delivered a thorough case for shorting Herbalife in December, and now fellow hedge fund superstar Daniel Loeb is taking the opposite side of that bet.
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Shares of Herbalife were off another 6.7% , a day after hedge fund manager Bill Ackman gave an exhaustive presentation arguing why the company is a pyramid scheme.
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Bill Ackman is short Herbalife in a big way.
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Shares swung between gains and losses after Chairman and CEO Michael Johnson led a presentation mean to debunk the short case presented by hedge fund Bill Ackman in December.
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Defending itself from the short campaign waged by hedge fund manager Bill Ackman, Herbalife is getting in bed with a big-time investor on the other side of the trade.
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The directors include hedge fund manager Bill Ackman and Vornado Realty Trust CEO Steven Roth, the activists responsible for hiring Johnson in late 2011, according to The Wall Street Journal.
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But before Dan Loeb and Carl Icahn had taken a long position on the other side of the trade from Bill Ackman, there was Robert Chapman of Chapman Capital LLC.
Some of the recent strength is being attributed to recent positive notes out of Deutsche Bank and Oppenheimer, as well as the unrelenting support of Bill Ackman of Pershing Square Capital.
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Does anyone care that this is the same Carl Icahn whose hedge fund lost 35% in 2008 while nemesis Bill Ackman was riding his MBIA (NYSE: MBI) short to fame and riches?
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Bill Ackman, whose Pershing Square Capital is J.
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On Wednesday, Bill Ackman thanked fellow hedge fund managers Daniel Loeb and Carl Icahn for bringing more attention to Herbalife by going against his massive short position in the multi-level marketing firm.
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He's also been spotted dining out for lunch at the famed eatery Michael's with hedge fund manager Bill Ackman, and he attended financier and philanthropist Michael Steinhardt's 70th birthday party last Saturday at the Four Seasons restaurant.
Addressing a conference that also featured the likes of Eike Batista, Bill Ackman, David Einhorn and Philip Falcone, Langone stressed that the ultra-wealthy should be judged not by the size of their wallet, but by how much they contribute, and not just financially, to charity.
Herbalife Ltd. (HLF) : One of the most controversial stocks in the market, this weight loss and nutritional supplement firm has been bashed by well-known hedge fund manager Bill Ackman as a sort of pyramid scheme business and defended by others, including fellow hedge fund guru Carl Icahn.
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