Dan Loeb

Third Point founder Dan Loeb revealed that his hedge fund has initiated a position in FedEx (NYSE: FDX). During a live CNBC interview with Deal Book's Andrew Ross Sorkin, Loeb indicated he likes the management, especially Fred Smith, the company's CEO. When pressed to describe his thoughts on...

This is the third of a three part series. The first part includes comments on global strategy and increasing revenue while the second features growth and mobile. In an exclusive interview with Benzinga, Tibco (NASDAQ: TIBX) CEO Vivek Ranadive discussed valuation, meeting with hedge fund...

The battle over Herbalife (NYSE: HLF) has raged for months now, with hedge fund titans battling it out over the future of this stock. Notably, Carl Icahn of Icahn Enterprises (NYSE: IEP) has bought over 16 percent of the stock while Bill Ackman of Pershing Square Capital has taken a large short...

Reports circulated Monday that activist investor Bill Ackman has filed a complaint to the Securities and Exchange Commission over comments made by George Soros which reflected his intent to acquire a stake in nutritional supplement company Herbalife (NYSE: HLF). Ackman alleges that Soros broke...

Shares of CF Industries (NYSE: CF) charged through the $192 level during Monday's late-afternoon trading session following the disclosure of an equity position by none other than Dan Loeb's Third Point. CF shares rallied as much as 6.5 percent. While the letter did not specifically mention the...

Another day, another departure at Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO). AllThingsD reported Yahoo media head Mickie Rosen has resigned. Her last day will be Friday, July 26, according to a memo from CEO Marissa Mayer. As AllThingsD noted, Rosen spearheaded a host of major video and other content initiatives...

Activist investor Dan Loeb of Third Point Capital has taken a larger stake in embattled technology maker Sony (NYSE: SNE) in an attempt to maximize shareholder value in the conglomerate. Loeb overnight announced that his fund raised its stake in the company to 6.9 percent in a bid to force through...

Few stocks have attracted more news over the last six months than nutritional supplement maker Herbalife (NYSE: HLF). Even casual market observers are aware of the circumstances surrounding the the initial bout of extreme volatility in the name back in December 2012. The shares went into free-...

Dan Loeb, the founder and CEO of Third Point LLC (a hedge fund with $12.9 billion AUM), has amassed a 6.5 percent stake in Sony (NYSE: SNE). Now he wants to break up the company in an effort to increase shareholder value. According to The New York Times, Loeb believes that a partial spinoff of...

Shares of Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) rallied on Monday after analysts at Barclays upgraded the Internet name to Overweight and raised its price target to $26 from $22. Shares of Yahoo traded up well over 3.50% on the news, near $22.70. In a note, Barclays argues that Yahoo's Alibaba stake has increased...

Last week, Benzinga asked its users to vote on Twitter which side of the Herbalife (NYSE: HLF) debate they are on, and so far the masses believe that Carl Icahn, on the long side of the bet, is correct. If you haven't voted, you can do so here or by tweeting #TeamAckman or #TeamIcahn. As Seeking...

For better or worse, exchange traded funds are not intimately involved in the Herbalife (NYSE: HLF) tussle. That being the one where Pershing Square founder Bill Ackman is short 20 million shares of the nutritional supplements maker on the thesis that the company is pyramid scheme. The same one...