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CIT Group Seeks Bankruptcy Protection After Bailout
Nov 1st, 2009 - Bloomberg
Nov. 1 (Bloomberg) -- CIT Group Inc., a 101-year-oldcommercial lender, filed for bankruptcy with financing frominvestor Carl Icahn after the credit crunch dried up its fundingand a U.S...
Icahn backs CIT plan, agrees to make $1b loan
Oct 30th, 2009 - Boston
NEW YORK - Commercial lender CIT Group Inc. said yesterday that billionaire investor and bondholder Carl Icahn agreed to support the company's restructuring plan amid reports CIT may soon file for bankruptcy protection.
VIX Surges Most in Year as Stocks Drop on Consumer, CIT Concern
Oct 30th, 2009 - Bloomberg
Oct. 30 (Bloomberg) -- The benchmark index for U.S. stockoptions surged the most in a year as demand grew for protectionfrom losses in equities after personal spending fell andinvestor Carl Icahn supported a CIT Group Inc...
CIT in Deal With Icahn to Support Bankruptcy Plan
Oct 30th, 2009 - Bloomberg
Oct. 30 (Bloomberg) -- CIT Group Inc., the 101-year-oldcommercial lender trying to avert collapse, reached an agreementwith billionaire investor Carl Icahn to support its prepackagedbankruptcy plan. Icahn...
CIT, Icahn agree on restructuring plan
Oct 30th, 2009 - Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Billionaire investor Carl Icahn, who had challenged CIT Group Inc's restructuring plan, said on Friday he was now backing the company's pre-packaged bankruptcy and would provide an additional $1 billion in credit to the lender.

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Carl Icahn settles the Texaco/Getty Oil lawsuit
Corporate Raider Carl Icahn caught on video at Caroline's Comedy Club in Manhattan talking about the Texaco/Getty Oil Lawsuit.
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15. Guest Lecture by Carl Icahn
Financial Markets (ECON 252) Mr. Carl Icahn, a prominent activist investor in corporate America, talks about his career and how he became interested in finance and involved in shareholder activism ...
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Carl Icahn wants to own US Steel
Corporate Raider Carl Icahn caught on video at Caroline's Comedy Club in Manhattan talking about taking over US Steel.
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Carl Icahn Shares Advice With Grads
Mr. Carl Icahn, one of the most influential investors in the nation, served as the graduation speaker at Drexel University's LeBow College of Business June 14, 2008, commencement ceremony ...

Carl Icahn from WikiPedia:

Carl Celian Icahn (born February 16, 1936) is an American billionaire financier, corporate raider, and private equity investor. In 2008 his net worth was US$14 billion, putting him in an eight way tie for the 46th richest man in the world. In 2009 Forbes recalculated his net worth as $9 billion, but now he is in an eight way tie for the 43rd richest man in the world.

Icahn was raised in a Jewish family in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York City. He was educated at Princeton University (A.B., Philosophy, 1957) and New York University School of Medicine, but left prior to graduation.

Icahn began his career on Wall Street in 1961. In 1968, he formed Icahn & Co., a securities firm that focused on risk arbitrage and options trading. In 1978, he began taking control of positions in individual companies. He has taken substantial or controlling positions in various corporations including: RJR Nabisco, TWA, Texaco, Phillips Petroleum, Western Union, Gulf & Western, Viacom, Uniroyal, Dan River, Marshall Field, E-II (Culligan and Samsonite), American Can, USX, Marvel Comics, Revlon, Imclone, Federal-Mogul, Fairmont Hotels, Kerr-McGee, Time Warner and Motorola.