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William Ackman

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CMG	953,608	$35.37	$33,729,115
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Bill Ackman runs hedge fund Pershing Square Capital, which he started in 2003 following the dissolution of Gotham Partners.

Ackman is a value investor with an activist bent. Activist investors agitate management for changes. He owns large positions in Target (NYSE: TGT) and Borders (NYSE: BGP). He has also been involved in activist situations at Wendy's (NYSE: WEN) and McDonald's (NYSE: MCD).

Ackman proved his acumen as a short seller in 2007/2008 as short positions he held in MBIA (NYSE: MBI) and Ambac (NYSE: ABK) proved to be big winners due to the credit crunch.

In July 2008, Ackman said he was short the common stock of Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) and Freddie Mac (NYSE: FRE). Ackman also laid out a plan to reorganize the GSEs, which would wipe out the common shareholders.

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Feb 18, 2009 05:12PM Ackman's Pershing Square Loads Up On Visa (V), Sells Dr Pepper (DPS) and Wendy's (WEN)
Feb 17, 2009 05:51PM Ackman's Pershing Square trimmed its stake in Wendy's/Arby's (WEN) about 8.6 million shares
Feb 17, 2009 05:48PM Ackaman's Pershing Square Boosts Stake in Visa (V) Over 4M Shares
Feb 13, 2009 02:44PM Borders Group (BGP) and Pershing Square Further Extend Financing Agreement
Feb 9, 2009 08:24AM Target (TGT) March volatility Flat at 67
Feb 6, 2009 12:46PM Pershing Square's Target (TGT) Fund Down Over 89.5%
Jan 13, 2009 09:28AM Borders Group (BGP) Names Pershing's McGuire as Chairman
Jan 12, 2009 05:47PM Pershing Square Increases Its Stake In General Growth Properties (GGP)
Jan 9, 2009 03:38PM Pershing Square Sells Its Stake In Barnes & Noble (BKS)
Jan 6, 2009 08:37AM Pershing Square's Hedge Fund Set-Up For Target (TGT) Dropped 68%
Nov 26, 2008 12:28PM Unusual 11 Mid-Day Movers 11/26: EMKR, CHRS, SCMF, GM Higher; LFG, BGP, BCE, ANDE Lower
Nov 26, 2008 09:30AM Morning Movers 11/26: BCE (BCE) Lower After Buyout Hits Snag, Deere (DE) Lower on Cautions Outlook
Nov 25, 2008 05:38PM Borders Group (BGP) Misses Q3 View By 4c
Nov 25, 2008 08:54AM Ackman's Pershing Square Takes Large Stake in Embattled REIT General Growth Properties (GGP)
Nov 25, 2008 07:53AM Ackman's Pershing Square Shows New 7.5% Stake in General Growth Properties (GGP)
Nov 24, 2008 02:31PM Pershing Square To Delay Discussing Target's (TGT) Real Estate Structure Until Next Year
Nov 21, 2008 04:58PM Target (TGT) Turns Down Real Estate Structure Ideas from Pershing Square
Nov 17, 2008 05:17PM Quarterly Data Confirms Hedge Funds Exited Stocks In A Big Way
Nov 13, 2008 04:50PM Ackman's Pershing Square 13F; Shows New Stakes in Visa (V) and MasterCard (MA)
Nov 13, 2008 04:26PM Ackman's Pershing Square Shows New 2.7M Shares Stake in Visa (V)
Nov 13, 2008 03:36PM Ackman's Pershing Square Shows New 570K Shares Stake in Mastercard (MA)
Nov 11, 2008 12:36PM Bill Ackman Says GM (GM) Should Go Bankrupt
Nov 3, 2008 08:27AM EMC (EMC) volatility Elevated at 82
Oct 30, 2008 11:38AM Ackman's Hedge Fund Shows 39.9M Share Stake in EMC (EMC)
Oct 29, 2008 04:02PM Target Corporation (TGT) Responds To Real Estate Structure Ideas from Pershing Square, LLP
Oct 29, 2008 03:28PM Pershing Square's Bill Ackman Finishes His Target (TGT) Spin Off Speech
Oct 29, 2008 03:12PM Ackman Said It Would Be Difficult For Sears Holdings (SHLD) To Do This Type Of Deal
Oct 29, 2008 02:16PM Comments from Pershing Square's Bill Ackman On Target (TGT)
Oct 29, 2008 01:53PM Comments from Pershing Square's Bill Ackman On Target (TGT)
Oct 29, 2008 01:47PM Comments from Pershing Square's Bill Ackman On Target (TGT)
Oct 29, 2008 01:35PM Pershing Square's Bill Ackman Is Currently Speaking About Target (TGT)
Oct 28, 2008 02:14PM Retail Stocks Move Higher on Ackman/Target (TGT) News
Oct 28, 2008 12:43PM Target (TGT) Confirms It Is Reviewing Real Estate Structure Ideas from Pershing Square
Oct 28, 2008 08:59AM Ackman's Pershing Square To Host Public Presentation on Target (TGT) on 10/29
Oct 10, 2008 04:19PM Top 10 News Items 10/6-10/10: Dow Plunges 18% This Week; UK to Inject Capital Into Banking System; Iceland Melts-down, Seizes Largest Bank
Oct 10, 2008 01:34PM Ackman's Pershing Square Discloses 11.91% Stake in Wendy's/Arby Group (WEN)
Oct 9, 2008 09:53AM Ridiculous Short Selling Ban Is Over, Alleluia
Oct 7, 2008 09:50AM Bill Ackman Thinks The Fannie Mae (FNM)-Freddie Mac (FRE) Bailout Will Have To Be Redone
Oct 6, 2008 04:23PM Pershing Square's Ackman Is Excited About AIG
Oct 6, 2008 04:06PM Guess Ackman's First Investment In The Financial Sector In Five Years?
Oct 6, 2008 03:29PM Ackman Answers A Question On Sears Holdings (SHLD)
Oct 6, 2008 03:10PM More Color From Ackman On Wachovia (WB)
Oct 6, 2008 02:56PM Other Bidders For Wachovia (WB)?
Oct 6, 2008 02:41PM Why Bill Ackman Is Long Wachovia (WB)?
Oct 6, 2008 02:20PM Ackman Says SEC Rule On Banning Short Selling Was Extremely Bad For The Markets
Oct 6, 2008 12:35PM Ackman Discloses He Bought 180M Shares of Wachovia
Oct 6, 2008 09:40AM StreetInsider.com Reporting From Value Investing Congress Today
Sep 13, 2008 02:01PM Walgreens Tops CVS's Offer for Longs Drug Stores (LDG)
Sep 8, 2008 03:38PM Bill Ackman Cashes In On Fannie, Freddie Short (FNM, FRE)
Aug 20, 2008 01:24PM Large Longs Drug (LDG) Holder Advisory Research Questions Merger with CVS (CVS)

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