Icahn Gets His Way

Carl Icahn gets what he was after as Illumina’s CEO steps down but what does this mean for the company’s potential big acquisition?

(00:21) Jason Moser and Deidre Woollard discuss:
- If Illumina’s CEO’s exit will impact the company’s moves to acquire Grail.
- Carl Icahn’s history of activist investing.
- Thoma Bravo’s success in buying companies and repackaging them for sale.

(14:37) Ricky Mulvey interviews Anjay Nagpal, host of the podcast “Brokers, Bagmen, and Moles” about the curious history of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and its ramifications on today’s investing universe.

Companies discussed: ILMN, IEP, NDAQ, MSFT, ATVI

Host: Deidre Woollard
Guests: Jason Moser, Ricky Mulvey, Anjay Nagpal
Producer: Ricky Mulvey
Engineer: Dan Boyd