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Don't like ads? Go ad-free with TradeBriefs Premium Carl Icahn Should Be Sailing Into the Sunset. Instead, He's Scrambling to Save His Empire. - WSJ    In 2020, Carl Icahn tapped his son, Brett, to eventually take over his eponymous investment empire, whose value had surged after years of successfully waging war with corporate America. Now, instead of preparing to hand over the reins with his legacy secure, the 87-year-old billionaire is fighting for the company's survival after a short-seller attack nearly halved its value, lurching the famed investor into one of the most trying periods of his six-decade career. Shares in Icahn Enterprises, known by its ticker, IEP, got crushed after Hindenburg Research in May argued that it was overvalued and held assets at inflated prices. IEP, which houses Icahn's stock investments and owns companies including an oil refiner and an automotive group, had a market value of close to $10 billion as of Friday, down from $18 billion before Hindenburg sounded the alarms. Continued here You Might Like � � � � � � � � � Restaurants and Supermarkets Are Brawling Over Your Dollar - WSJ    Supermarkets and restaurants are ramping up their tug of war for Americans' stretched food budgets. Grocery chains are revamping prepared meals in delis and buffets, expanding menus and offering more discounts, seeing a chance to woo diners away from restaurants. Retail executives say that U.S. consumers have gotten more discerning about eating out, an opportunity for grocers to offer potentially cheaper, faster alternatives. "There's been resistance from the consumer for the prices that they were paying at restaurants," said Mark Van Buskirk, who oversees merchandising at Save Mart Supermarkets. The California-based retailer has debuted a new line of gourmet sandwiches and added more packaged meals in recent months. Continued here How to Rehearse for an Important Presentation - Harvard Business Review    If you want to deliver a spellbinding presentation, rehearse far more than you’ve done in the past. But you don’t want to sound too rehearsed, so you’ll need to balance memorization with spontaneity. Nail down the first two and last two minutes of your speech, and leave room for improvisation in between. And practice under pressure. This mean rehearsing in front of one or two people to get your body used to being in front of a crowd. Then ask for feedback, and rehearse again. Steve Jobs was the most astonishing business speaker of his time. Bill Gates once called him a “wizard” who “cast spells” on his audience. Fortune magazine proclaimed that his keynotes could set “hardened hearts aflutter.” Jobs is one of the few CEOs whose presentations have a dedicated Wikipedia page; his keynotes alone could spark a surge in Apple’s stock. Continued here

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