Monday 22 March
70-something kilos. My kilo talk has gotten others thinking I'm moving the company to Canada, but I <3 my NYC.
Food consumed today:
No low-fat blueberry muffins today on the cart. I only like the tops anyway. Heard some pleb in the office talking about Blueberry Muffin Tops as a cereal. Tried some. I'm not opposed.
Afternoon. The beautiful weekend has shifted to gloomy overcast to fit my mood. New York.
Cherished Diary,
What is the iCahn up to? Carl Icahn previously put three of his specially selected associates on the Take-Two board (including iCahn-mini, Brett Icahn) after he obtained 11.3 percent in company stock. Now he's bought another 710,840 shares, which I estimate to cost about $7.1 million, giving him 13.7 percent of Take-Two stock.
The confusing part, Diary, is why? He has over 10 percent already and three iPods on the board, the incremental increase in stock isn't anything big -- it's just, weird, you know? Of course, you know! Diary, that's why I can always trust you! I just wish I knew if he was gearing up to push for a buyout or trying to show more faith in the company now that he has boys on the board. I wish I knew. I really, really wish I knew.
xoxo,
Strudel
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Reader Comments (15)
Posted: Mar 22nd 2010 10:12PM BrianH said
my that's one handsome fellow.
Posted: Mar 22nd 2010 10:13PM aristokrat said
As always, Strauss Zelnick's diary never fails to amuse me.
Posted: Mar 22nd 2010 10:27PM Dr Blight said
Considering it runs the country, you should.
Posted: Mar 22nd 2010 11:34PM kmcroc said
his gonna buy them & then his gonna partner w/ ms, to buy ea. just for the hell of it .
Posted: Mar 22nd 2010 10:35PM operator17 said
Did he refer to someone as a pleb? ...jerk.
Posted: Mar 22nd 2010 10:36PM Dr Blight said
What's good for the US is good for Canada, considering those are all US auto companies. ;)
Posted: Mar 22nd 2010 10:44PM (Unverified) said
Kirk: ICAHHHHHHHHN!
Posted: Mar 22nd 2010 10:47PM Funkmaster General said
This is one of my favorite gags on Joystiq.
Posted: Mar 22nd 2010 11:29PM (Unverified) said
Maybe he's doubling down on Take2 after investing in that disaster Blockbuster. Even with his heavy involvement he couldn't prevent that crap pile from going into the toilet, but now he's looking at companies that actually have a chance at being around in 10 years I guess.
Posted: Mar 22nd 2010 11:39PM Levi said
Has anybody made a Full House or America's Funniest Home Videos joke yet?
Posted: Mar 23rd 2010 3:09AM ch3burashka said
I missed the origins of this. Who's idea was it to make Strauss gaming's Bridget Jones?
Posted: Mar 23rd 2010 8:05AM (Unverified) said
Any person who says Icahn is a "good person" or "cool" is a F@cking idiot!! I'm from the 80's generation so I know first hand that Icahn is a corporate raider!!! This isn't a good thing people, he is a destroyer of companies and it is not a good thing for him to have interest in your company. Just recently, ask Yahoo, how great he is? He buys into a company to get enough shares to matter and then boosts the stock to force a sale. He makes a ton of money and the company is left in ruins. So the previous idiot here that said "Icahn is cool" is a D#ck. Unless you want to see Take 2 fold? I like games and this is a very bad day, that's why the article is here, not good.
Posted: Mar 23rd 2010 1:02PM nukee said
He's a corporate raider that goes around trying to force sales or splits of a corporation to boost the stock price before he dumps it all. He couldn't care less about the company as it's all about turning a buck for him.
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