Join Carl Icahn’s Club, Get More Spam

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By Paul Ausick Updated Published

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As promised Wednesday afternoon, we have all been treated to the Thursday morning launch of a new website from Carl Icahn and Icahn Enterprises L.P. (NASDAQ: IEP). And also as promised, Icahn posts his most recent letter to Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) CEO Tim Cook.

Icahn notes in his letter that he has increased his position in Apple to 4.73 million shares and reiterates his proposal for Apple to initiate a $150 billion stock buyback program. There are also short articles attributed to Icahn on the evils of golden parachutes for executives who fail and poison-pill programs that protect underperforming boards and executives.

To gain access to these, a user needs to register (it is free) and provide an email address in order to “receive emails with timely information on the movement… .” The movement? That must be the “fight for our rights as shareholders … towards the goal of real corporate democracy.”

Here is a chant to get the “movement” really rolling:

Hey-hey, ho-ho
Apple’s bucks have got to go

Well, maybe not, but you get the idea.

So now you too can get spammed by Carl Icahn and perhaps get more front-running news like his announcement on Twitter Wednesday about what he was going to do Thursday. And if you want to get in on the action, pick up some IEP stock before it is too late.

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Paul Ausick has been writing for 247Wallst.com for more than a decade. He has written extensively on investing in the energy, defense, and technology sectors. In a previous life, he wrote technical documentation and managed a marketing communications group in Silicon Valley.

He has a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Chicago and now lives in Montana, where he fishes for trout in the summer and stays inside during the winter.

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