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Icahn joins blogosphere, gets blank stares

By Dominic Jones on June 20, 2008

BILLIONAIRE corporate raider Carl Icahn launched his long-anticipated blog yesterday, eliciting some rather bemused reactions from some of the blogosphere’s leading writers.
By starting The Icahn Report yesterday, the world’s 46th richest man with a net worth of US$14 billion joins the ranks of guys who work long hours for ad clicks, and who get excited [...]

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If retail investors don't matter, IR is in trouble

By Dominic Jones on January 29, 2007

By Dominic Jones
RETAIL investors’ direct ownership of U.S. stocks has dwindled to new lows. According to a survey released by the Conference Board, institutional investors owned 68% of the top 1,000 companies in 2005.
To put that in perspective, consider that in 1950 individual investors directly held 92% of stocks. Today they own just 32%. Indirect [...]

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