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February 5, 2005

Look who's interested in Temple-Inland

Austin-based Temple-Inland Inc. -- the big lumber and financial services company -- announced yesterday that one of Carl Icahn's investor vehicles -- Icahn Partners Masters Fund LP -- had requested government approval to buy as much as $1 billion of the company's stock. The company's stock price was up a cool 16% on the news. Here are several posts on what Mr. Icahn has been up to over the past year. Here is the Bloomberg News article on the development.

Posted by Tom at February 5, 2005 8:10 AM

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