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How Short Seller Nathan Anderson Beat Carl Icahn “at His Own Game”

Francis deSouza, the chief executive of the biotechnology giant Illumina, didn’t know what he was in for when he resisted Carl Icahn’s demand in March for three seats on the […]




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After Nearly Collapsing, Indian Billionaire’s Stock Is Back on the Rise

The Adani Group, a conglomerate that builds and operates ports, power lines and food factories across India, began the year nearly on top of the world — having increased in […]




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Why Adani’s $100 Billion Loss Hasn’t Tanked India’s Markets

When shares of the Adani Group, until recently India’s largest conglomerate, began their free fall late last month, shedding more than $100 billion in days, some observers worried that the […]




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Adani, Embattled Indian Company, Scraps $2.5 Billion Share Sale

Hindenburg is what’s known as an activist short seller, an investor that takes aim at companies it suspects of fraud and exposes the wrongdoing. Short sellers then profit from investments […]




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A Skeptical Stock Analyst Wins Big by Seeking Out Frauds

Last month, federal authorities charged the founder of the electric vehicle manufacturer Nikola, which had gone public in the summer of 2020, with defrauding investors. They were led there partly […]




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Nikola Chairman Trevor Milton Resigns Amid Fraud Claims

The new chairman, Mr. Girsky, has played a critical role in Nikola’s rise to prominence. After leaving the G.M. board in 2016, he started an investment company, VectoIQ, to provide […]