Icahn backs down on Apple buyback crusade

Charlee Gothard
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Activist investor dressed down by ISS and proxy adviser

Activist investor Carl Icahn seems to have abandoned his campaign to pressure Apple into increasing its stock buyback, following recommendations to shareholders from Institutional Shareholder Servi...

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