Activist investor Carl Icahn has sold 75 percent of his holdings in Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI)—at a time when the rental chain probably needs his support the most. SeekingAlpha says he’s sold about 14 million of the 20 million shares he held just last week at the fire-sale prices of 24…

Activist investor Carl Icahn has increased his stake in video game developer Take-Two Interactive (NSDQ: TTWO), according to an SEC filing (Via Business Insider). Icahn has said he believes the stock is undervalued—and he must still think so, despite the recent run-up in the company’s shares since early December, when…

A month after purchasing a 11.3 percent stake in Take-Two Interactive (NSDQ: TTWO), activist investor Carl Icahn is using his leverage to change the composition of the struggling video game company’s board of directors. Take-Two Interactive has agreed to nominate three of Icahn’s representatives (including his son) to the company’s…

Let the games begin. Take-Two (NSDQ: TTWO) Interactive’s shares jumped up by 12 percent today, buoyed by the news that activist investor Carl Icahn had upped his stake in the company on the belief that its stock was “undervalued.” The spike comes just two weeks after Take-Two’s share price dropped…

Activist investor Carl Icahn has a new company on his radar: Take-Two Interactive (NSDQ: TTWO). Fresh off the company’s poor fiscal Q4 earnings report, comes news that Icahn owns a roughly 11.3 percent stake, per an SEC filing. The filing states that Icahn believes Take-Two’s shares are “undervalued,” and that…

Carl Icahn didn’t get his seats on the board of Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., but now he’s found a different way to gain sway over the company’s direction—and potentially more sway than he would have had with the board seats. The billionaire investor, famous for clashing with boards of companies…

The board of Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. is the latest to tussle with financial agitator Carl Icahn over its direction—and now the board and its activist shareholder are quibbling over who was first to stop talks about Icahn getting to designate some board members. Icahn, who has taken on Time…

Activist investor and Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) director Carl Icahn is throwing more cold water on speculation that the company is about to sell its search business to Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT). While he would like to see Microsoft take the search off Yahoo’s hands, MarketWatch quotes Icahn as saying there’s nothing…

Apparently no one told Carl Icahn this was supposed to be a slow news day ... the Yahoo director added nearly 7 million shares to his holdings in the company this week at an almost bargain-basement cost of roughly $67 million.  According to a filing with the SEC Wednesday, various…

Yahoo’s (NSDQ: YHOO) newly reconstituted board will meet for the first time next week, giving activist investor Carl Icahn his first chance at seeing the company workings from the inside, reports WSJ. The two other Icahn-supported board members, Frank Biondi and John Chapple, will also be there at the meeting…

Ed: This is a guest post by our former investor and board member Alan Patricof. It first appeared on HuffingtonPost. Well, we finally have a resolution to Carl Icahn and his machinations at Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) so we can all go back to worrying about the economy, interest rates and…

While you were enjoying a nice summer weekend, Carl Icahn spent last weekend hammering out a settlement with the Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) board. Now that he has an agreement in place, Icahn is talking a little bit about the situation on his blog, The Icahn Report: “Many hours were spent…

Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) has filed a few details with the SEC pertaining to its settlement with Carl Icahn. Foremost: Icahn and his associates must maintain at least 30 million Yahoo shares, about half of what they currently control, in order to remain on the board. Going below this will trigger…

Why did Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) agree to give Icahn three seats on its board, when by all accounts it was cruising to a victory on August 1? Perhaps the company was a little worried about losing the vote, an outcome it hoped to avoid at all costs. But even if…

So much for an exciting battle… Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) has announced a settlement with Carl Icahn that will see Icahn himself elected to the company’s board at the upcoming meeting. Following the August 1 shareholder meeting, the board will then be expanded to 11, with the extra two board members…

Icahn’s proposed Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) board slate may be toast. Legg Mason, a holder of 60.7 million shares (4.4 percent), has decided to support the incumbent Yahoo slate. In a statement, Legg Mason Capital Management Chairman Bill Miller endorsed the actions of the current board during its back and forth…

In a filing with the SEC, Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) notes this morning that it has put up a new proxy page at proxyfacts.yahoo.com with the following banner. It pretty much speaks for itself. Update: Per a separate filing, Jerry Yang even made an internal video for Yahoo touting a full…

In a new slideshow filed with the SEC, Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) has put out the exact details of the fresh offer from Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) and Icahn, with an explanation of why it was inadequate. The basic details: —Microsoft would pay $1 billion upfront for Yahoo’s search assets. That’s the…

Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) has responded to the fresh rumblings from Icahn and Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT), by saying that it’s been willing to enter into direct talks with Microsoft on a sale. It then notes that Microsoft previously signaled its lack of interest (even at the last offered price), and that…