Paul Singer’s Still Got It
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In recent months, we’ve seen a kinder, gentler Paul Singer. When Samsung started selling small bombs that explode in people’s pants instead of smartphones, the Elliott Management chief offered some supportive words (in addition to less-supportive words about the “company’s forthcoming new leadership”). A similar missive of relative mildness showed up on the desk of Cognizant Technology’s CEO after Thanksgiving. He even moved to mend some fences with our southern neighbors in the wake of the whole Argentina thing. Perhaps more importantly, after offering significantly less than an endorsement to our (tragically) fearless new leader, Singer quickly found a few good things to say about our brave new world and even helped finance the party inaugurating it…
