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Jun 2023
25m 6s

Icahn Gets His Way

The Motley Fool
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Carl Icahn gets what he was after as Illumina’s CEO steps down but what does this mean for the company’s potential big acquisition?

(00:21) Jason Moser and Deidre Woollard discuss: - If Illumina’s CEO’s exit will impact the company’s moves to acquire Grail. - Carl Icahn’s history of activist investing. - Thoma Bravo’s success in buying companies and repackaging them for sale.

(14:37) Ricky Mulvey interviews Anjay Nagpal, host of the podcast “Brokers, Bagmen, and Moles” about the curious history of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and its ramifications on today’s investing universe.

Companies discussed: ILMN, IEP, NDAQ, MSFT, ATVI

Host: Deidre Woollard Guests: Jason Moser, Ricky Mulvey, Anjay Nagpal Producer: Ricky Mulvey Engineer: Dan Boyd

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