Motorola takes a plunge -- somebody check Carl Icahn's blood pressure!


Fingerprints matching those of legendary activist investor Carl Icahn have been found on the neck of Chairman and former CEO of Motorola Inc. (NYSE: MOT) Ed Zander. Metaphorically speaking of course.

But Ol' Carl's gotta be feeling pretty feisty after the company, of which he owns more than 4%, reported an 84% plunge in fourth quarter profits.

Recently-appointed CEO Greg Brown has said he believes it will take longer than expected for the company's mobile devices business to recover, BloggingStocks' Eliza Popescu reported earlier. The company also posted a bleak outlook for the first quarter.

The moral of the story is clear: When an investment legend like Carl Icahn says a CEO needs to be sent packin' to devote more time to his family and art collection, investors best listen up. Icahn's efforts to gain control of the company's board and oust Zander and Co. were rebuffed by institutional shareholders. They must be feeling pretty stupid right now.

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Symbol Lookup
IndexesChangePrice
DJIA-89.2312,801.23
NASDAQ-23.352,903.88
S&P 500-9.311,342.64

Last updated: February 13, 2012: 08:05 AM

Hot Stocks

General Electric

18.875-0.255(-1.33)

Alcoa

10.29-0.35(-3.29)

Apple Inc

493.42+0.25(+0.05)

Google Inc 'A'

605.91-5.55(-0.91)

Bank of America

8.07-0.11(-1.34)

Wal-Mart Stores

61.90-0.06(-0.10)

Exxon Mobil Corp

83.80-1.08(-1.27)

Ford

12.44-0.25(-1.97)

Citigroup

32.925-0.735(-2.18)

IBM

192.42-0.71(-0.37)

Yahoo

16.14+0.14(+0.88)

Starbucks

48.82-0.38(-0.77)

Microsoft

30.495-0.275(-0.89)

Home Depot

45.33+0.06(+0.13)

DailyFinance Headlines

Benzinga Headlines

TheFlyOnTheWall.com Headlines

BioHealth Investor Headlines

WalletPop Headlines

DailyFinance BlackBerry App

My Portfolios

Track your stocks here!

Find out why more people track their portfolios on AOL Money & Finance then anywhere else.

BloggingStocks Partners

More from AOL Money & Finance

BioHealth Investor Headlines

Page Loaded in 1329138332448 ms.