******************** On Oct 28 11:36 PM Gary A wrote:
> I could be wrong, but Icahn is a bit of a maverick and is against > the big boys taking advantage of the prepackaged bond workout for > CITI. It appears that the bondholders will get a bad deal if the > big boys do this workout. Icahn taught me yesterday that in prepackaged > bankruptcy, the commercial banks in on it get a big cut out of the > company. That is just plain wrong. Let the companies go into regular > bankruptcy where the assets are protected from the investment banking > vultures. > > For that info I view Icahn as a pretty straight up guy, at least > regarding CITI.
Icahn Should Give Up Running Other People's Money [View article]
"Shareholders Get No XO From Icahn" (WSJ)
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"With Friends Like Carl Icahn…." (NYTimes)
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"Shareholders Get No XO From Icahn" (WSJ)
online.wsj.com/article...
"The Kettle? The Pot Says He’s Black" (NYTimes)
www.nytimes.com/2008/0...
Carl Icahn's Latest Shuffle (Washington Post)
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On Oct 28 11:36 PM Gary A wrote:
> I could be wrong, but Icahn is a bit of a maverick and is against
> the big boys taking advantage of the prepackaged bond workout for
> CITI. It appears that the bondholders will get a bad deal if the
> big boys do this workout. Icahn taught me yesterday that in prepackaged
> bankruptcy, the commercial banks in on it get a big cut out of the
> company. That is just plain wrong. Let the companies go into regular
> bankruptcy where the assets are protected from the investment banking
> vultures.
>
> For that info I view Icahn as a pretty straight up guy, at least
> regarding CITI.
Icahn Should Give Up Running Other People's Money [View article]
Simply put, Carl Icahn is a notorious hypocrite and one of the most shameless "investors" in the American financial history.