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Carl iCahn Tweets "New Letter" Sent To Apple's Tim Cook

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Given the carnage that ensued in NFLX yesterday, we suspect the following tweet:

 

 

which he notes will be released to the public tomorrow is more a threat of him "selling" his shares if he doesn't get what he wants... and given the market liquidity, who knows what AAPL's stock does?

 

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Wed, 10/23/2013 - 15:25 | 4083771 HedgeAccordingly
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Greenspan was not superman?  Icahn must be - http://hedge.ly/16453n8

Wed, 10/23/2013 - 15:30 | 4083794 smlbizman
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sac's is sacked...raja rajajarotten...martha...mark cuban....but this is ok?..

Wed, 10/23/2013 - 15:37 | 4083807 Divided States ...
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If I were Carl, I would defnitely hire a few people with Indian last names like Gupta and Rajathrivanthan or Balabrisunam so he can blame it on them when he gets indicted....but then again the chance of that happening is slim given that the 'fair' legal system always tend to let zionist fucks like him off the hook.

Wed, 10/23/2013 - 15:35 | 4083808 knukles
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Oh come on, Martha always wanted to live in a gated community

Wed, 10/23/2013 - 15:41 | 4083832 Stoploss
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Kinda sucks being balls deep in a company that is insulated from the printing press eh?

Wed, 10/23/2013 - 15:27 | 4083773 Dr. Engali
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So does this mean I can put unsolicited trade recommendations on my Facebook page? Surely we are all equal in the eyes of FINRA and the Sec.

Wed, 10/23/2013 - 15:28 | 4083781 Divided States ...
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Fuckers been tweeting like mad, and in doing so, making a ton of money....yet the SEC still dont do shit about it...that fucker made hundreds of millions just from tweets from the past 2 days.

Wed, 10/23/2013 - 15:34 | 4083803 knukles
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Yeah, I got some serious reservations about this Tweeting and Bleating and Wanking shit.  If it doesn't comprise manipulation, then nothing does.
Wait?
Nobody's been prosecuted for manipulation for eons... except thems that turns themselves in like Madoff and little guys with no deep campaign contribution pockets.
And Karl ain't no little guy.
Well, I mean financially.
Nothing about his height.
I used to work for a midget at a circus once and he had a real Napoleonic Complex....

 

Wed, 10/23/2013 - 15:26 | 4083775 bingo was his name
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Carl Icahn is an attention grabbing media whore.   

Wed, 10/23/2013 - 15:27 | 4083777 Grande Tetons
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True. Given that he has billions you would think he could afford some eyebrow clippers.  He is starting to look like a barn owl on Rogain. 

Wed, 10/23/2013 - 15:36 | 4083811 knukles
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Wonder what happens when you get a buncha Rogain on your lips?

Wed, 10/23/2013 - 16:29 | 4083993 californiagirl
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Carl only wants one thing - Make Carl richer ASAP!  Screw what is best for the long-term health of the company or other shareholders. And if he can use bullying and/or manipulation, legal or otherwise, to achieve that goal, so much the better.

Wed, 10/23/2013 - 16:29 | 4083995 max2205
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Where is the fucking SEC?....Shut them down if they don't do anything

Wed, 10/23/2013 - 15:27 | 4083778 carbonmutant
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Trying to manage Apple from his Website....

Wed, 10/23/2013 - 15:28 | 4083786 The Thunder Child
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Stop promoting this criminals tweets and giving him coverage, he's an insider douchecanoe guilty of fraud and manipulation.

Wed, 10/23/2013 - 15:31 | 4083798 smlbizman
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oh, it is much better knowing this, than not, for multiple reasons...

Wed, 10/23/2013 - 15:28 | 4083787 orangedrinkandchips
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Steve would NEVER mess with this dirtbag.

 

Tim is a dipshit for playing games.

Wed, 10/23/2013 - 15:29 | 4083790 One And Only
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He'll be donating profits to the justice department soon enough.

Wed, 10/23/2013 - 15:29 | 4083792 slaughterer
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Dear Tim,

Give me all of Apple's money.  

Sincerely,

Carl

Wed, 10/23/2013 - 15:39 | 4083821 jcaz
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Dear Carl,

Go fuck yourself/

Sincerely,

Tim

Wed, 10/23/2013 - 15:39 | 4083824 jcaz
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Dear Carl,

Go fuck yourself.

Sincerely,

Tim

Wed, 10/23/2013 - 15:44 | 4083851 adr
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Dear Carl,

I've lubed up my ass and am waiting in your 5th Ave penthouse. I brought the rubber sheets and the gerbils.

Sincerely,

Tim

Wed, 10/23/2013 - 15:30 | 4083793 Clowns on Acid
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Icahn must be a private shareholder in Twitter (probably has hundreds of fake accounts). Once the Twitter IPO is done, he will tweet how amazing the company's growtyh potential is based on ad revenues and as a predictive tool for everything to consumer likes, to a movie's revenue potential, to stawk picking. 

About 2 to 4 weeks after IPO he will announce that he has sold (taken profits) 30% of his holdings (covering the remaining 70% with puts) just like he has done with NFLX.

These guys are sooo transparent in their modus operandi.

Wed, 10/23/2013 - 15:32 | 4083799 Enki Ea
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I'm also a shareholder and being in a totally different field of business from Mr. Icahn, I think I'll have someone retire him if he continues to disturb my investment. This "old fart" has been around far too long and we from South America deal with things in a different way. He will be please to know how our micro wave system works!

Wed, 10/23/2013 - 15:36 | 4083812 stinkhammer
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icahn be a real douche

Wed, 10/23/2013 - 15:37 | 4083814 azengrcat
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If I could only get Bieber and Kim Kardashian to push bio-techs on twitter...

Wed, 10/23/2013 - 15:38 | 4083815 jubber
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Max Keiser ‏@maxkeiser 6m
.@Carl_C_Icahn is the kind of guy you wish had been visiting the Twin Towers on 9/11

Wed, 10/23/2013 - 15:44 | 4083827 SheepDog-One
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Can't Tim just put up $20,000 for a good hitman to take out this old sack of shit?

Thu, 10/24/2013 - 04:06 | 4085342 the tower
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You can get hitmen for much less nowadays. It's a miracle not more people are taken out...

Wed, 10/23/2013 - 15:42 | 4083842 Seize Mars
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Sorry but I don't give a fuck about what Carl Icahn says or thinks.

Wed, 10/23/2013 - 15:45 | 4083848 Downtoolong
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Carl,

Got your letter. Sorry, but, I don’t see APPL being a good fit to market your new 12-step program on “Tweeting Your Way To Wealth”. Perhaps you might try Cramer, Suzie Orman, QVC, or some late night ads on CNBC.

Just to prove there’s no hard feelings, I’ve enclosed some  Groupons  for 50% off three Twerking lessons.

Tim.

Wed, 10/23/2013 - 15:45 | 4083850 GrinandBearit
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Obvious attempt to manipulate the stock price. 

Why is this man allowed to do this stuff? 

Wed, 10/23/2013 - 15:46 | 4083857 adr
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Because of reasons that would get me in trouble if I said them.

Wed, 10/23/2013 - 15:55 | 4083888 Waterfallsparkles
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Unfortunatly, Appl since paying a dividend is now considered by the Street as a value Stock.  Not a momentum Stock.  I am sure Icahn though that he could get the Stock to move a lot more from his investment.

Aapl is not Nflx.  Sorry Icahn.

Wed, 10/23/2013 - 15:52 | 4083891 Quantum Nucleonics
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What a weasel!  He's no different than some pump and dump dirt bag in some boiler room.

Wed, 10/23/2013 - 16:14 | 4083955 JustObserving
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Obama, the ultimate traitor, hands over all US surveillance data to Israel where Icahn can pick up it for cheap.  Which country in the history of this world has spied on its own citizens for a foreign power?

Every day that passes without the impeachment of Obama for treason is a travesty of justice.

Wed, 10/23/2013 - 16:29 | 4083997 El Vaquero
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While not commenting on the necessity of what Apple produces, Apple produces  tangible products that have a cultish fanboy following.  WTF does Icahn produce, and why should Apple not tell him to fuck off?  I'm not exactly what you'd call a fan of Apple, but if I had customers who would buy my iCrap even if it meant not putting food on the table or paying rent, I think I'd be tempted to mail him a box of sand that contained a genuine certificate of unpoundedness, and an accompanying letter that says "Dear Carl, we actually make stuff, even if it is produced in China.  We'll get over you."

Wed, 10/23/2013 - 16:33 | 4084006 ebworthen
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Icahn is moving his name up the list of crony capitalist's to hang first.

I suggest we just take away all his money and make him work at Foxconn.

Wed, 10/23/2013 - 17:25 | 4084201 pragmatic hobo
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... only difference is icahn owned almost 10% of nflx whereas he owns less than 0.5% of aapl ...

Wed, 10/23/2013 - 17:37 | 4084223 Agent P
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Damn you Carl, you're such a tease! 

Thu, 10/24/2013 - 01:07 | 4085197 PowerPlayer
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Seriously, this guy is making me sick.  This activist investor/corporate raider goes into companies, bullies them into giving him their cash, then dumps them.  This doesn't make companies more competitive at all.  This guy is a pig and all these people that are making trades based on his tweets are just tools for his use to make more money.  

Frankly I love that Sony pretty much told Dan Loeb to screw off and now I hope Tim Cook tells I-Con to screw off.  I-Con will sell his shares then tell all the people via twitter that he is out.  The stock will fall back down and the only money he will have made is via people bidding the stock up based on his decision to buy.  This is just a pump and dump scheme with the only objective being the transfer of money from the sheeple to I-Con.  

Thu, 10/24/2013 - 01:09 | 4085202 PowerPlayer
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It is worse that he wants companies like Apple to borrow money simply to hand it over to him.  This world is seriously screwed up.  

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