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Icahn makes winning bid for bankrupt Fontainebleau

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has made the winning bid to purchase the bankrupt, unfinished Fontainebleau Las Vegas Resort in a bet that the struggling Las Vegas Strip will eventually turn around.

Dow, S&P slip after jobs data; Nasdaq rises

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The Dow and the S&P 500 edged lower on Friday from 15-month highs after hopes for a quick turnaround in the labor market were knocked by an unexpectedly weak employment report.
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Icahn considering proxy battle at Genzyme: source

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn, who last year forced board changes at biotechnology company Biogen Idec Inc , may take aim at cross-town rival Genzyme Corp , according to a source familiar with the situation.
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Icahn reports 11.3 pct stake in Take Two

Activist investor Carl Icahn reported an 11.3 percent stake in U.S. video game publisher Take Two Interactive Software Inc , sending its shares up 3.5 percent.
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Judge sets stage for Trump, Icahn casino battle

A U.S. bankruptcy judge said on Monday that she would allow billionaire Carl Icahn and real estate titan Donald Trump to battle for control of casino operator Trump Entertainment Resorts Inc .
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Icahn teams up with Beal Bank for Trump casinos

Investor Carl Icahn said on Friday that he bought the first lien bank debt of Trump Entertainment Resorts (TRMPQ.PK) and planned to team up with Beal Bank to present a restructuring plan for the bankrupt casino operator.
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Icahn outbids Penn for Fontainebleau Las Vegas

Financier Carl Icahn has offered $156.5 million to acquire the partially built Fontainebleau Las Vegas resort, which has been stalled in bankruptcy court since June, according to the resort's chief operating officer.
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Judge fast tracks CIT bankruptcy plan hearing

A U.S. bankruptcy judge set a December 8 hearing to consider approval of CIT Group Inc's reorganization plan, aiding the large commercial lender's effort to emerge from bankruptcy by year's end.
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CIT Group files for bankruptcy

CIT Group Inc, a lender to hundreds of thousands of small and medium-sized businesses, filed for bankruptcy on Sunday, as the global financial crisis left it unable to fund itself and the recession clobbered its loans.
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CIT moves closer to pre-packaged bankruptcy approval

CIT Group has met at least one of the hurdles necessary to file for a prepackaged bankruptcy, sources said, bringing the commercial lender one step closer to the fast bankruptcy process it is seeking to lower its liabilities and get back to health.
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CIT, Icahn agreement brings bankruptcy closer

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn, who had been trying to derail CIT Group Inc's efforts to launch a restructuring plan, said on Friday he was now backing the lender's pre-packaged bankruptcy, making a filing as soon as this weekend more likely, analysts said.
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CIT, Icahn agree on restructuring plan

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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CIT and Icahn agree on restructuring plan

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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Icahn says offering small CIT bondholders cake

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn on Tuesday offered CIT Group's small bondholders protection of the value of their debt if these investors support his effort to block the lender's reorganization plan.
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Carl Icahn entices small bondholders to reject CIT plan

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn said on Tuesday he will offer to smaller holders of CIT Group's debt short-term protection against the value of the debt declining, if investors back his alternative restructuring of the beleaguered lender.

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