Icahn said made offer for Reckson properties
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Billionaire investor Carl Icahn said on Thursday he made an offer to buy certain Westchester properties held by Reckson Associates Realty Corp.  as part of its pending merger with SL Green Realty Corp .
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Real estate investment trust Archstone-Smith  on Tuesday said it agreed to be acquired by Tishman Speyer and investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.  in a deal valued at $13.5 billion, reflecting the strong demand for high-end real estate by private investors.
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U.S. investors Carl Icahn and Warren   Lichtenstein are preparing a tender offer for KT&G Corp. , a   South Korean brokerage said, sending shares of the country's   top tobacco maker up over 6 percent on Friday.
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Reckson Associates Realty Corp.  shareholders approved a $4 billion takeover by SL Green Realty Corp. , but billionaire and rival bidder Carl Icahn hinted he would not abandon his fight for certain Reckson office buildings.
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The home improvement giant said it's considering selling its wholesale supply business.
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Financier Carl Icahn said Monday King Pharmaceutical Inc.&#39;s possible need to restate earnings reinforces his belief that an acquisition of King by Mylan Laboratories Inc.
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Relatively well-off people in Manhattan or San Francisco or Seattle tend to pay their rents. Financial markets, especially the asset-backed ones that are so key to leveraged buy-outs, like this kind of stability. So it is fairly surprising that real estate investment trusts focusing on apartments have not been the subject of private equity interest - until now at least. On Tuesday, Tishman Speyer Properties and Lehman Brothers (NYSE:LEH) offered an enterprise value of $22bn for Archstone (NYSE:ASN)-Smith, known for its high-quality portfolio in sought-after cities such as New York.
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A group led by the investor Carl C. Icahn has agreed to increase its bid for the Lear Corporation, the automotive supplier, by about 3.5 percent, to roughly $2.9 billion.
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Shares of Comstock Homebuilding moved sharply higher yesterday after an analyst upgraded his rating, saying the Reston firm had taken steps likely to allow it to avoid filing for bankruptcy protection.
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Billionaire financier Carl Icahn outlined a new bid worth $4.3 billion for Reckson Associates Realty Corp. yesterday , this time on his own after two partners withdrew over the weekend.
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Financier Carl Icahn on Friday offered to buy the shares of generic drugmaker Mylan Laboratories that he does not already own for $4.9 billion, or $20 a share, according to a government filing.
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Fannie Mae, the nation's largest source for home mortgage financing, said Wednesday that is is considering two placements of up to $4 billion in preferred stock to qualified institutional buyers.
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Billionaire investor Carl Icahn said on Friday a sale of BEA Systems Inc  to a strategic acquirer would maximize the value of its shares and that he might seek to nominate directors to the software maker's board.
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Activist investor Carl Icahn has made a $2.43 billion offer for U.S. auto parts supplier Lear Corp. , the two parties said on Monday.
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Billionaire financier Carl Icahn  charged ahead on Monday with a $49 per share offer for New York  office landlord Reckson Associates Realty Corp.  although  his two partners withdrew from the bidding.
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By Leigh Hornbeck, Times Union, Albany, N.Y.  Dec. 13--SARATOGA SPRINGS -- A Manhattan-based real estate investment  firm plans to spend $20 million to open a plasticware business at the former  International Paper Co. site in Corinth instead of Albany County, officials  said Tuesday.
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Financier Carl Icahn said on Wednesday he ended his bid for Reckson Associates Realty Corp. , because he ran out of time after his partners dropped out, and investors balked at accepting an offer that included less cash.