David Einhorn is a fine manager but always had a passive stake in Yahoo!

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The filing from Loeb is a 13G, which means the investor, who led a successful activist campaign at Yahoo, has only a passive stake in Herbalife.

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Ballmer also gets a passive minority stake in the huge upside ahead with Alibaba Group (with direct assurances from his partner Ma that no funny business goes on).

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