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
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
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
In general, the hedge funds were clobbered by the 1969 bear market, ending up in many cases with records that were worse than those put together by aggressive mutual funds denied the luxury of short sales. Carol Loomis aggressivebadlybear 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
Some managements do not even think of buybacks as an option. The idea of shrinking their equity base repels them. Their inclination instead is to get bigger, and this often leads them to pay rich prices for acquisitions that never earn their keep. Carol Loomis acquisitionbasebig 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
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
