Aug. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Billionaire Carl Icahn has announced 41
Aug. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Billionaire Carl Icahn has announced 41 campaigns to oust management or make other changes at U.S. corporations since 2006, Bloomberg Businessweek reports in its Aug. 22 edition. Deirdre Bolton reports in today's Movers and Shakers on Bloomberg Television's "InsideTrack." (Source: Bloomberg)
Aug. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Martin Feldstein, an economics professor at
Aug. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Martin Feldstein, an economics professor at Harvard University, talks about the risk of the U.S. economy slipping into a recession. Feldstein, speaking with Tom Keene on Bloomberg Television's "Surveillance Midday," also discusses the interference of politics in crafting deficit reducing legislation. (Source: Bloomberg)
July 15 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg Businessweek's Paul Barrett talks about
July 15 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg Businessweek's Paul Barrett talks about the magazine's cover story on the phone-hacking scandal that has engulfed Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. Barrett speaks with Deirdre Bolton on Bloomberg Television's "InsideTrack." (Source: Bloomberg)
July 7 (Bloomberg) -- Michael Yoshikami, chief investment strategist at
July 7 (Bloomberg) -- Michael Yoshikami, chief investment strategist at YCMNet Advisors, Bob Rice, general managing partner at Tangent Capital Partners LLC, Paul Martino, managing director at Bullpen Capital, and Paul Bard, director of research at Renaissance Capital LLC, talk about Zynga Inc.'s plan to raise $1 billion in an initial public offering and the outlook for the company. (Excerpts. Source: Bloomberg)
July 1 (Bloomberg) -- Fourteen months after the Deepwater Horizon
July 1 (Bloomberg) -- Fourteen months after the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded 50 miles (80 kilometers) southeast of Venice, Louisiana, killing 11 men and setting off the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history, Transocean Ltd., the company that owned and ran the ill-fated 32,600-ton vessel, issued its official account of what happened and why. In a report released on June 22, Transocean said the fatal disaster and subsequent oil spill stemmed in part from faulty decision-making by BP Plc. Paul Barrett discusses Bloomberg Businessweek's latest cover story on Bloomberg Television's "InsideTrack." (Source: Bloomberg)
June 30 (Bloomberg) -- Carson Block, the short seller who
June 30 (Bloomberg) -- Carson Block, the short seller who runs Muddy Waters LLC, talks about his bet that shares of Sino-Forest Corp. will continue their retreat. Block, speaking with Erik Schatzker on Bloomberg Television's "InBusiness With Margaret Brennan," also discusses his letter to Spreadtrum Communications Inc. Chairman Leo Li highlighting accounting concerns. (Source: Bloomberg)
June 30 (Bloomberg) Two years into his job as chief
June 30 (Bloomberg) Two years into his job as chief executive officer of LinkedIn,Jeff Weiner has quadrupled headcount to 1,500 and taken the professional network public. Here he discussed his leadership style with Businessweek's Douglas MacMillan. (Source: Bloomberg)
June 30 (Bloomberg) -- Gary Garrabrant, chief executive officer of
June 30 (Bloomberg) -- Gary Garrabrant, chief executive officer of Equity International, talks about the outlook for the commercial real estate market. Garrabrant speaks with Betty Liu on Bloomberg Television's "In the Loop." (Source: Bloomberg)
Sept. 2 (Bloomberg) -- David Eisenhower, grandson of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, talks about how his grandfather might compare the concentration of wealth among the nation's largest financial institutions today to the "military industrial complex" he warned about in his 1961 farewell speech. Eisenhower's commentary is in the current issue of Bloomberg Businessweek. He spoke August 24th at the Eisenhower Historic Site in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.(Source: Bloomberg)
Sept. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Carlo Cottarelli, director of the International Monetary Fund's fiscal
Sept. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Carlo Cottarelli, director of the International Monetary Fund's fiscal affairs department, speaks about U.S. fiscal policy and the European sovereign-debt crisis. He speaks with Tom Keene on Bloomberg Television's "Surveillance Midday." (Source: Bloomberg)
Sept. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Michael Hewson, a market analyst at CMC Markets, discusses the prospects of
Sept. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Michael Hewson, a market analyst at CMC Markets, discusses the prospects of a Greek default, the outlook for European Central Bank interest rates and the euro-dollar exchange rate. Hewson speaks with Deirdre Bolton on Bloomberg Television's "InBusiness With Margaret Brennan." (Source: Bloomberg)
Sept. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Georg Grodzki, global head of credit research at Legal & General Investment
Sept. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Georg Grodzki, global head of credit research at Legal & General Investment Management, talks about the prospect of a Greek default and the potential effect on European banks. He speaks with Francine Lacqua on Bloomberg Television's "Last Word."
Sept. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Laurence Grafstein, co-head of mergers and acquisitions at Rothschild, talks
Sept. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Laurence Grafstein, co-head of mergers and acquisitions at Rothschild, talks about merger-and-acquisition activity. Grafstein speaks with Cristina Alesci on Bloomberg Television's "InBusiness With Margaret Brennan." (Source: Bloomberg)
Sept. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Mark Matson, chief executive officer of Matson Money Inc., talks about his
Sept. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Mark Matson, chief executive officer of Matson Money Inc., talks about his investment strategy. He speaks with Scarlet Fu on Bloomberg Television's "InBusiness With Margaret Brennan." (Source: Bloomberg)
Sept. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Harris Simmons, chief executive officer of Zions Bancorporation,
Sept. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Harris Simmons, chief executive officer of Zions Bancorporation, discusses the outlook for the U.S. banking industry. Simmons speaks with Betty Liu on Bloomberg Television's "In the Loop." Thomas Brown, chief executive officer at Second Curve Capital LLC and a Bloomberg contributing editor, also speaks (Source: Bloomberg)
