http://www.mail.com/people/151510-bill-ackman.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/151510-bill-ackman.html http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2030796-peltz-discloses-stakes-pepsico-mondelez.html NEW YORK (AP) — Activist investor Nelson Peltz has disclosed stakes in Mondelez and PepsiCo, following earlier reports that the billionaire could be pushing for a marriage between the sweet and salty snack giants. In a statement early Friday, PepsiCo also disclosed that it has held meetings with Peltz's Trian Fund Management in recent weeks to consider it... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 18:13:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2030796-peltz-discloses-stakes-pepsico-mondelez.html 2013-04-19T18:13:57Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2008062-kpmg-resigns-auditor-herbalife-skechers.html NEW YORK (AP) — Accounting firm KPMG has resigned as the auditor for nutrition company Herbalife and shoe retailer Skechers after a rogue partner allegedly leaked information about the companies to someone who used it to trade stocks. KPMG said it has fired the partner and has no reason to believe there were any problems with the financial reports of Herb... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 01:26:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2008062-kpmg-resigns-auditor-herbalife-skechers.html 2013-04-10T01:26:43Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2006596-jc-penney-to-ceo-to-secure-future.html NEW YORK (AP) — J.C. Penney is hoping its former CEO can revive the retailer after a risky turnaround strategy backfired and led to massive losses and steep sales declines. The company's board of directors ousted CEO Ron Johnson after only 17 months on the job. The department store chain said late Monday, in a statement, that it has rehired Johnson's pred... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 11:51:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2006596-jc-penney-to-ceo-to-secure-future.html 2013-04-09T11:51:05Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1950926-ackman-applauds-call-herbalife-investigation.html NEW YORK (AP) — Hedge fund manager William Ackman is applauding a consumer group's push for the Federal Trade Commission to investigate whether Herbalife is a pyramid scheme. The National Consumers League said that it wants the FTC to investigate the claims against Herbalife as well as the vitamin and supplement products company's responses. Ackman allege... Wed, 13 Mar 2013 11:48:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1950926-ackman-applauds-call-herbalife-investigation.html 2013-03-13T11:48:06Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1934284-jc-penney-shares-fall-hours-sale-report.html Shares of J.C. Penney fell 10.6 percent on Tuesday to a four-year low after media reports said a large shareholder sold a chunk of the struggling retailer's stock. The stock lost $1.78 to close at $14.96, its lowest price since March 2009. Vornado Realty Trust, once the company's second largest shareholder, sold almost half its stake, or 10 million shares... Tue, 05 Mar 2013 22:58:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1934284-jc-penney-shares-fall-hours-sale-report.html 2013-03-05T22:58:04Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1933484-jc-penney-shares-fall-to-4-year-low.html NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of J.C. Penney fell 10.6 percent on Tuesday to a four-year low after media reports said a large shareholder sold of a chunk of the struggling retailer's stock. The stock lost $1.78 to close at $14.96, its lowest price since March 2009. Vornado Realty Trust, once the company's second largest shareholder, sold almost half its stake, o... Tue, 05 Mar 2013 21:28:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1933484-jc-penney-shares-fall-to-4-year-low.html 2013-03-05T21:28:53Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1924386-penney-ceo-emails-aim-breaking-deal.html NEW YORK (AP) — It's been a tough week to be Ron Johnson. J.C. Penney's CEO was in the hot seat again on Friday in New York State Supreme Court after facing investors earlier this week over a dismal quarterly earnings performance that marked one year of snowballing losses and sharp sales declines since he came on board. This time, he w... Sat, 02 Mar 2013 00:25:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1924386-penney-ceo-emails-aim-breaking-deal.html 2013-03-02T00:25:31Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1922742-herbalife-to-add-2-icahn-reps-to-board.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dietary supplements company Herbalife will add two new members to its board of directors at the request of billionaire investor Carl Icahn, who has backed the company in a public spat with hedge fund manager Bill Ackman. Herbalife said in a statement Thursday that it will nominate two new directors chosen by Icahn, increasing its board ... Thu, 28 Feb 2013 22:04:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1922742-herbalife-to-add-2-icahn-reps-to-board.html 2013-02-28T22:04:04Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1894754-sp-500-ends-higher-extending-streak.html NEW YORK (AP) — The S&P 500 kept its winning streak alive, just. The Standard & Poor's 500 ended the week nearly two points higher, enough to give it a seventh straight week of gains. That's the longest stretch of advances in more than two years. The index lost 1.59 points to end at 1,519.79 Friday. For the week it held on to a gain of 1.86 points. ... Fri, 15 Feb 2013 21:48:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1894754-sp-500-ends-higher-extending-streak.html 2013-02-15T21:48:54Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1894886-herbalife-stock-surges-icahn-grabs-stake.html NEW YORK (AP) — Strictly business, nothing personal. That's how Carl Icahn characterizes the latest turn in his clash with fellow Wall Street titan William Ackman. Both men have a keen interest in Herbalife, a maker of dietary supplements designed to promote weight loss. Ackman claims the company is a fraud and has bet that its stock price will crumble; I... Fri, 15 Feb 2013 19:55:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1894886-herbalife-stock-surges-icahn-grabs-stake.html 2013-02-15T19:55:44Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1894582-stocks-inch-higher-finance-ministers-meet.html NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are opening modestly higher on Wall Street as investors keep a close eye on a meeting of global finance ministers in Moscow. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 18 points to 13,992 shortly after the opening bell Friday. The Standard & Poor's 500 index was up two points at 1,523. The Nasdaq composite rose four points to 3,202. ... Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:49:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1894582-stocks-inch-higher-finance-ministers-meet.html 2013-02-15T14:49:43Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1893118-filing-icahn-holds-stake-herbalife.html The divide between billionaire investors Carl Icahn and William Ackman is getting deeper. A regulatory filing Thursday shows that Icahn holds a 12.98 percent stake in nutritional supplement distributor Herbalife Inc. and intends to have discussions with its management on business and strategic alternatives to enhance shareholder value, including the possi... Thu, 14 Feb 2013 23:30:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1893118-filing-icahn-holds-stake-herbalife.html 2013-02-14T23:30:08Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1845486-correction-earns-procter-gamble-story.html NEW YORK (AP) — In a story Jan. 25 about Procter & Gamble's second-quarter net income, The Associated Press misspelled the name of a Morningstar analyst. It is Erin Lash, not Dash. A corrected version of the story is below: Procter & Gamble fiscal 2Q profit jumps Procter & Gamble posts big jump in fiscal 2Q profit, boosts 2013 earnings guidance By MAE AND... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 18:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1845486-correction-earns-procter-gamble-story.html 2013-01-28T18:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1846564-billionaire-investors-square-live-tv.html NEW YORK (AP) — A long-simmering spat between billionaire investors Carl Icahn and Bill Ackman boiled over into a shouting match on live television Friday. The two Wall Street titans, interviewed by phone simultaneously on CNBC, traded barbs about an old investment deal and on Ackman's position in the nutritional supplements distributor Herbalife Inc. Ack... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 21:44:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1846564-billionaire-investors-square-live-tv.html 2013-01-25T21:44:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1811310-stocks-gain-pushing-sp-500-to-five-year-high.html NEW YORK (AP) — The Standard and Poor's 500 closed at another five-year high Thursday after the stock market got a boost from reports suggesting the outlook for economic growth may be improving. The S&P 500 rose 11.10 points to 1,472.12, its highest close since December 2007, when the U.S. economy was entering the Great Recession. It also closed at a five... Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1811310-stocks-gain-pushing-sp-500-to-five-year-high.html 2013-01-10T20:48:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1811498-herbalife-defends-ackmans-claims.html NEW YORK (AP) — Herbalife came out swinging Thursday against claims made by hedge fund manager William Ackman that the business amounts to a pyramid scheme. But Ackman didn't back down, saying in a statement that Herbalife "distorted, mischaracterized, and outright ignored large portions" of Pershing Square Capital Management's December presentation. A se... Thu, 10 Jan 2013 18:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1811498-herbalife-defends-ackmans-claims.html 2013-01-10T18:54:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1785362-stocks-dip-with-budget-deal-doubt-years.html Stocks fell in light trading Monday during a shortened holiday trading session with lawmakers running out of time to reach a budget deal that would prevent the U.S. from going over the so-called fiscal cliff. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 52 points to 13,139.08. The Standard & Poor's 500 index gave up 3 points to 1,426.66 The Nasdaq composite slip... Mon, 24 Dec 2012 18:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1785362-stocks-dip-with-budget-deal-doubt-years.html 2012-12-24T18:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1779728-herbalife-shares-slide-shorting-concerns.html Herbalife Ltd.'s shares fell sharply for the second day following the hedge fund manager William Ackman's critical presentation on the nutritional supplements company. Ackman, founder and CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management L.P., said Wednesday that he has been shorting the company's stock for several months and that he thinks Herbalife is a pyramid... Thu, 20 Dec 2012 18:15:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1779728-herbalife-shares-slide-shorting-concerns.html 2012-12-20T18:15:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1743384-canadian-pacific-railway-to-eliminate-4500-jobs.html TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Pacific Railway will eliminate some 4,500 employee and contractor positions by 2016, the new chief executive of Canada's second largest railway announced Tuesday. Chief executive Hunter Harrison said they have already made progress and expect 1,700 positions to be eliminated by year end. CP's total workforce is 19,500, which includ... Tue, 04 Dec 2012 23:10:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1743384-canadian-pacific-railway-to-eliminate-4500-jobs.html 2012-12-04T23:10:00Z