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Carl Icahn
Icahn on Motorola: Run Like a Fraternity
Icahn on Motorola: Run Like a Fraternity |
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| Written by John Garnam | |
| Saturday, 05 May 2007 | |
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What will billionaire investor and Activist Carl Icahn do for a seat on the board of Motorola - just about anything! This week, the exchange between Motorola chief executive Ed Zander and Icahn degenerated into name calling as each exchanged insults. With a major stockholders meeting on Monday, Icahn knows he needs to make a major impact in the press. In an interview on CNBC, Ichahn stated that too many firms are run like "fraternities" and have "egregious salaries" and "crazy severance packages" in a reference to Motorola. And what about the response from Motorola? A letter to stockholders which criticized the Activist investor (Icahn) for pushing for the seat on the board.
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