Large Motorola Mobility holders like activist investor Carl Icahn and Farallon Capital Management would take a big hit if the deal were to breakdown.

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With plenty of capital here, Icahn says this industry is ripe for consolidation.

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Real estate brokerage Realogy sought to skirt defaults on some of its bonds by launching a debt exchange but CarlIcahn'Carl Icahn's venture-capital firm, High River , threw a wrench in its plans by slapping Realogy with a lawsuit and accusing it of delaying the inevitable.

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The investment world has been abuzz about the Herbalife standoff between hedge-fund titans Bill Ackman of Pershing Square Capital, and Carl Icahn.

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