Carl Icahn, corporate raider by trade, is creative, a scrambler, and certainly not to be underestimated. Carol Loomis carlcorporatecreative Change image and share on social
From the minute I got to 'Fortune,' I loved my job. I knew myself to be a virtual dunce about business, and I was wide-eyed about how much I was learning. Carol Loomis businessdunceeye Change image and share on social
By late 1953, going to New York on vacation, I had lined up several Time Inc. interviews - and what they did was give me a lifelong appreciation of the importance of luck in getting a job. Carol Loomis appreciationgiveimportance Change image and share on social
It is the instinctive wish of most American businesspeople, even those unlikely to be directly affected, that General Motors not go bankrupt. Carol Loomis affectamericanbankrupt Change image and share on social
The 1969 experience has been a rude awakening for many hedge-fund investors and has left some of them with strong reservations about the whole concept. For the first time in their relatively short history, the funds are not growing: in fact, some have suffered large withdrawals of capital, and a few have actually folded. Carol Loomis awakencapitalconcept share on social
A buyback is itself a special kind of acquisition, made at prices that are typically a bargain compared with those a company must pay for an outside purchase. Carol Loomis acquisitionbargainbuyback Change image and share on social
I will confess that almost all my inspiration has come from one emotion: fear. And terrible dread of the moment when I will finally be exposed as a fraud. Carol Loomis confessdreademotion Change image and share on social
In meeting the challenges of organic growth, BlackRock has the advantage of having an executive team greatly respected for what it has accomplished. Carol Loomis accomplishadvantageblackrock Change image and share on social
In 1980, aided by $1.5 billion in loan guarantees from the U.S. government and his own pitchman routines on television, Lee Iacocca brought Chrysler back from the abyss. Carol Loomis abyssaidback Change image and share on social
If a company's stock is undervalued - as many managers believe theirs is - a repurchase may offer the best payoff of all. Carol Loomis companymanageroffer Change image and share on social