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Ackman calls out credit ratings agencies

Pershing Square Capital's founder says any regulatory reform that doesn't include a change in the way that the rating agencies do business would be worthless.


13F: Pershing Square, Greenlight edition

'Tis 13F filing season, and first up are Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Capital Management LP and David Einhorn's Greenlight Capital Inc.


Target defeats Ackman

Target announces that shareholders have re-elected the retailer's board, defeating a proxy by William Ackman.


Bill George refutes Ackman's Target proxy

Former Target board member Bill George tells TheDeal.com why Pershing Square chief Bill Ackman's proxy against the retailer is wrong.


Ackman to kick down Target's doors

If your shouts are not heard from outside of the board room door, the next step is to kick it down and take over the meeting.


Ackman takes aim at Target

Activist investor William Ackman is advancing his campaign at Target Corp. with plans to nominate himself and four others to the discounter retailer's board.New York's Pershing Square Capital Management LP, the investment vehicle run by Ackman, said in a statement Tuesday it had notified Minneapolis-based Target of its intention to nominate a slate of five candidates at its 2009 annual meeting. This is a free preview of the content available in The Deal Pipeline. Subscribers enjoy access to the full story, as well as second-to-none research tools. To request a demo, or, if you are an existing user to...


Rally was too good to last

As the bulls return to the market, activist investor William Ackman's Deal Stocks suffer declines too.


Even Ackman has a bad day

Activist investor William Ackman seems to have been somewhat bullet-proof in 2008 -- except when it came to his investments in discount retailer Target.


Bloomberg: Ackman's Target investment not on target

Activist hedge fund manager William Ackman of Pershing Square Capital Management LP appears to have had a mixed 2008, which is more than can be said for most of his peers. In 2008 he had some losses, which he can thank to investments in retailers, but he also had some winning bets, including an unlikely one. ...


Ackman targets Target

The vocal activist investor William Ackman of Pershing Square Capital Management LP, who is known for in-depth investor presentations detailing his short positions primarily within the bond insurance sector, is stepping out of character to focus on a long-term holding, discount retailer Target Corp. ...


Ackman wants to be 'heralded' for shorting

Hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management LP's outspoken manager William Ackman, who has made headlines over the past year for his short positions (namely the financial services sector), took aim at the $700 billion bailout bill and Securities and Exchange Commission's short selling ban at the 4th Annual New York Value Investing Congress on Monday.  ...


Pershing's Ackman won't pick on Lehman

It is a rare moment when Pershing Square Capital Management LP's vocal activist William Ackman lays off of his battered financial sector short targets, but it appears he has a soft spot in his heart for the ailing Lehman Brothers Inc. In an appearance on CNBC's "Squawk Box" on Wednesday morning, the hedge fund manager discussed Lehman, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Longs Drug Stores Corp....



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