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Bill Ackman
the money game
Feb. 12, 2024
Bill Ackman Strikes Back His fight has made him the public face of a billionaire class anxious it no longer rules the world.
bill ackman
Jan. 19, 2024
Everyone Bill Ackman Is Fighting The ever-expanding list of individuals and institutions the billionaire investor is at war with.
he said/he said
Jan. 17, 2024
What Really Happened Between Joe Biden and Bill Ackman The two men did exchange barbs — perhaps jokingly — at a hedge-fund dinner. They were not talking about Biden’s deceased son.
By Michelle Celarier
just asking questions
Jan. 17, 2024
Why Bill Ackman’s Case Against Business Insider Is a Fantasy Columbia law professor Edward Klaris explains why the billionaire’s defamation claims don’t hold legal water.
Neri Oxman and Claudine Gay Cases Show We Need New Rules on Plagiarism Bill Ackman helped bring down Gay. Oxman, his wife, is now under attack. This system isn’t working.
By Christopher Sprigman
the money game
Oct. 23, 2023
By Kevin T. Dugan
the money game
Oct. 18, 2023
The $24 Trillion Problem Haunting Wall Street The Treasuries market is the largest in the world, but nobody knows why it’s coming apart at the seams
By Kevin T. Dugan
the money game
Sept. 2, 2021
The Big SPAC Crackdown SPACs have seen a massive two-year boom, resulting in a wave of companies going public. That might be coming to an end.
By Michelle Celarier
the money game
July 23, 2021
The Not-So-Happy Story of the World’s Biggest SPAC Billionaire hedge-funder Bill Ackman and a gang of retail investors on Reddit were both very excited about a deal. Now, no one is.
By Jen Wieczner
the new girlfriend rollout
Apr. 20, 2018
By Allie Jones
Hedge Fund Giant Bill Ackman Admits Valeant Investment Was a ‘Big Mistake’ His firm, Pershing Square Capital, took $4 billion in losses on an investment in pharma company.
By Jen Kirby
Bill Ackman Finally Cuts His Losses on Valeant The billionaire hedge-fund manager staked his reputation on turning around the controversial pharmaceutical company. That was a bad bet.
By Eric Levitz
Judgment Day Has Come for Herbalife — and Bill Ackman Seems to Feel Just Fine The FTC didn’t take the harshest action possible. But the settlement could cause problems for the nutritional-shake purveyor going forward.
By Michelle Celarier
pyramid schemes
Apr. 12, 2016
Ackman Makes a Star Turn, While Losing Billions He’s featured prominently in a hot-ticket new documentary — and might be hoping that the film helps turn around a bad year at Pershing Square.
By Michelle Celarier
white men with money and sore quads
Feb. 27, 2013
By Kevin Roose
white men with money and grudges
Jan. 25, 2013
Schoolyard Fight on CNBC Casts ‘Bully’ Against ‘Little Jewish Boy’ Carl Icahn takes on Bill Ackman over Herbalife, with amazing results.
By Kevin Roose
white men with money and nutrient shakes
Jan. 10, 2013
By Kevin Roose
Borders Makes a Bid for Barnes & Noble Bill Ackman finances Borders’s $960 million takeover bid to buy Barnes & Noble.
By Nitasha Tiku
stuyvesant town
Sept. 28, 2010
Stuyvesant Town to Go to Auction Next Week October 4 is the big day for the complex’s 25,000 residents.
By Chris Rovzar
stuyvesant town
Sept. 16, 2010
By Chris Rovzar
real estate
Sept. 13, 2010
By Chris Rovzar
real estate
Aug. 13, 2010
Ackman Lays Out His Plan for Stuyvesant Town Here’s what his co-op conversion plan would look like.
By Chris Rovzar
real estate
Aug. 10, 2010
Bill Ackman Has His Hands All Over Stuyvesant Town Or at least all up in one very key part of its debt.
By Chris Rovzar
white men with money
May 26, 2010
Today’s Ira Sohn Conference: Who Will Cry? Bill Ackman, or the recipient of David Einhorn’s annual smackdown?
By Jessica Pressler
titans of finance are people too
Mar. 2, 2010
Larry Fink Is a Real Human Being With Feelings and Emotions Just because he runs a firm with a market cap of $40 billion doesn’t mean he’s just an automaton.
By Jessica Pressler
white men who aren’t afraid to cry
June 1, 2009
By Jessica Pressler
Bill Ackman Had a Dream The activist investor cries, evokes Martin Luther King Jr. and JFK, after losing fight with Target board.
By Jessica Pressler
white men with money
May 26, 2009
Hedge Funds Sharpen Blades in Preparation for Annual Conference Tomorrow’s the annual Ira Sohn Research Investment Conference offers a chance for hedge fund managers to show off.
By Hugo Lindgren
white men with money
May 12, 2009
Bill Ackman Doesn’t So Much Raid Companies As Cuddle Them Really Hard The gadfly investor discussed his proxy battle against Target at a “town hall”-style meeting with investors yesterday.
By Jessica Pressler
white men with rubber duckies
Apr. 30, 2009
Hedge-Funder Bill Ackman Has Fishies in His Shower The Pershing Square manager has put his home on the market, and allows us a glimpse into his shower.
By Jessica Pressler
white men with money
Apr. 21, 2009
By Hugo Lindgren
white men with money
Apr. 17, 2009
By Jessica Pressler
Rent Stabilization Not As Stable As Before Plus, Skadden’s role in the failed Microsoft-Yahoo talks, what Perez Hilton is doing in James Frey’s new novel, and the rest of today’s industry gossip.