Just before William Ackman squared off with Carl Icahn on CNBC last week -- in which the two activist investors engaged in a surprisingly personal round of verbal fisticuffs, ostensibly over direct merchant Herbalife -- Ackman hinted at things to come at one of his biggest investments, J.C. Penney Co. Inc.
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January 28, 2013 2:23 PM
Business
A New Course for J.C. Penney?
January 14, 2013 10:51 AM
Goodbye to Managers and Saint Midnight?
There was a subtly delicious moment at the WWD CEO Summit this week when business professor Gary Hamel told a room full of high-powered managers that, in the future, managers wouldn't be needed.
January 7, 2013 12:01 AM
Business
A Clean Slate, but the Same Story?
The New Year arrives with a relatively clean slate for fashion.
The Burches have buried the hatchet, fresh faces are in place and finding their footing at Saint Laurent and Christian Dior and changes to the U.S. tax code helped push through a number of deals that had been lingering.
The Burches have buried the hatchet, fresh faces are in place and finding their footing at Saint Laurent and Christian Dior and changes to the U.S. tax code helped push through a number of deals that had been lingering.
